Current name

Timişoara National Theatre – Romanian Opera in Timişoara – The German State Theatre – Csiky Gergely Hungarian Theatre

(all these institutions are hosted by this establishment)

Historical names and dating

Between 1872 and 1875 the theater complex is built under the official name of “Franz Joseph Theater”, also containing the “Kronprinz Rudolf” Hotel, the “redoubt” (the ballroom and festivities room), a restaurant and a café.

Address

1 Huniade Square

History, names and historical functions

1307 - 1315 (or 1314) Charles Robert of Anjou, King of Croatia, Dalmatia and Rama, and since 1308 king of Hungary, built “with Italian craftsmen” (according to historical tradition) a brick castle, located largely in the courtyard of today’s building.

1315 - 1323 (1316 - 1318, or 1325 according to other sources) – the castle served as a royal residence.

It later served as Timiş county head house.

Address: no. 5 Traian Square.

It was  built between 1745 and 1755, the tower was raised with the October 16 1890 building authorization.

The original church probably had the austere forms of the provincial Austrian Baroque. The present-day building is defined by the Classicist style, developed in Timişoara after 1800. The tower, in a Classicist eclectic style, was raised in order to compete with one-storey buildings which were built later, so that the shorter old tower no longer dominated from a visual standpoint the square.

The Evangelic Lutheran Church is situated in the Ionel I.C. Brătianu Square, not far from the Fountain at the Cardinal Points. 

As far as the date of the construction of this edifice, some sources indicate 1831 (probably the year of the first project), but most sources indicate 1837 to 1839.

Architectural style

The  Fabric Catholic Church, or the Millenium Church lays in Romanilor Square, at no.16. The construction began in June 16, 1896, and it was inaugurated on October 13 1901. The architect was Ludwig von Ybl, contractor Josef Kremer, the altar was painted by György Vastagh, and the organ was made by the famous organ builder in Timişoara Leopold Wegenstein.

The Iosefin Parochial Catholic Church St. Mary is situated on Regele Carol I Bd., on the corner of General Dragalina Bd.

The construction  started in 1774, and completed in 1775. It was damaged during the siege of 1849, after which it was restored. The tower spire was built in 1889. The church was later restored in 1985.