Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Timișoara, Romania

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.9 km
Ascend 24 m
Descend 22 m

Explore Timișoara in Romania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in TimișoaraIndividual Sights in Timișoara

Sight 1: Sinagoga din Fabric

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The Fabric Synagogue is a Neolog synagogue in the Fabric district of Timișoara. The synagogue was called the New Synagogue because it replaced the old synagogue on Timocului Street. It was built between 1897 and 1899 in an eclectic style, with neo-Moorish, Gothic and Italian neo-Renaissance elements. The building was classified in the national protection lists as a historical monument under the classification code TM-II-m-B-06128, being located in the historical protection area named Fabric (II) urban ensemble.

Wikipedia: Fabric Synagogue (EN)

498 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Decebal Bridge

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Decebal Bridge unbekannt / PD-alt-100

Podul Decebal is the name of a bridge in Timișoara, Romania. It crosses the Bega River and is one of the three bridges in the second district of Fabric. It connects it with the inner city district of Cetate. The eastern bridgehead is located between the Neptunbad and the entrance to the Volkspark. It was named after the Dacian king Decebalus.

Wikipedia: Podul Decebal (Timișoara) (DE)

1051 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: St. George's Cathedral

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The St. George Cathedral, colloquially known as the Roman Catholic Dome, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara and one of the city's landmarks. The cathedral is dedicated to St. George and was built between 1736 and 1774. After the Cathedral Basilica of Oradea, it is the second largest Baroque religious building in Southeastern Europe. Liturgies in Hungarian, German and Romanian are currently held regularly in the cathedral. Due to the remarkable acoustics, organ concerts are also held here.

Wikipedia: St. George's Cathedral, Timișoara (EN)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Plague Statue

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Plague Column, also known as Holy Trinity Monument, is a Baroque monument in Timișoara's Union Square. It was placed in the central square of the city, then known as Domplatz, in 1740 as an ex voto of chamber councilor Johann Anton Deschan von Hansen. The monument belongs to the typology of plague columns, widespread in the Baroque era throughout the South German, Bohemian and Hungarian space.

Wikipedia: Plague Column, Timișoara (EN)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Art Museum

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Art Museum Original uploader was Radufan at ro.wikipedia / CC BY 2.5

The Art Museum of Timișoara is an art museum located in the Baroque Palace of Timisoara. The museum was founded after the detachment of the art section of the Banat Museum, which functioned for a while in a wing of the current building. The museum became an independent institution on January 1, 2006, the director being professor Marcel Tolcea. With the completion of much of the restoration works of the palace and exhibition space, the expanded museum could be inaugurated on December 21.

Wikipedia: Muzeul de Artă din Timișoara (RO), Website

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

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The Ascension Cathedral, commonly known as the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Timișoara. Located in the Union Square of Cetate district, the building is one of the three Serbian Orthodox churches in the city together with the St. George Church in Fabric district and the St. Nicholas Church in the Avram Iancu Square of Mehala district.

Wikipedia: Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara (EN)

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