Timisoara - Romania
Romania is placed between Central and Southeastern Europe. The country fascinates by its history, the strange legends, mystical forests and rough mountain areas. In this eBook the city of Timisoara will be introduced. More than just a travel guide; it is intended to encourage your imagination to explore this region.
Romania is placed between Central and Southeastern Europe. The country fascinates by its history, the strange legends, mystical forests and rough mountain areas. In this eBook the city of Timisoara will be introduced. More than just a travel guide; it is intended to encourage your imagination to explore this region.
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FOREWORD<br />
The Little Vienna and City of Roses and Parks.<br />
Today <strong>Timisoara</strong> is a cosmopolitan city with lots of charm and thriving<br />
culture. His sights are relatively new and were built after the liberation of<br />
the city from the Ottomans in 1716 and later, after the revolution in<br />
1848. Emperor Josef II, Franz I of Austria and Franz Josef visited the<br />
town. In 1809 the Austrian treasury has been placed here to protect<br />
them from the French. Due to the loyalty of the city during the<br />
Revolution of 1848,-the Habsburg Emperor Franz Josef has traveled to<br />
<strong>Timisoara</strong> in 1853 to attend the inauguration of the victory monument<br />
in person.<br />
both its buildings and its charm.<br />
<strong>Timisoara</strong> is also very fond of its second<br />
nickname: "City of Roses and Parks."<br />
Among the most popular sons of the city include the famous actor<br />
Johnny Weissmuller ("First Tarzan"), the longest serving director of the<br />
Vienna State Opera, Ioan Holender and the Austrian director Robert<br />
Dornhelm.<br />
You have to experience the charm of this city.<br />
Dipl. Econ. Simion Giurca<br />
<strong>Romania</strong>n Tourist Office<br />
1010 Vienna - Austria<br />
<strong>Timisoara</strong> is a modern multicultural city characterized by its Baroque<br />
and Art Nouveau buildings. The hallmark <strong>Timisoara</strong>’s is his tolerance,<br />
his close cohesion and peaceful coexistence of different minorities,<br />
cultures and religions with full respect and understanding towards<br />
others. The city at the Bega Canal is the only city with three theaters in<br />
three languages (<strong>Romania</strong>n, German and Hungarian). <strong>Timisoara</strong> has<br />
evolved has not only culturally and economically, but also as a<br />
university city. Until today <strong>Timisoara</strong> is called "Little Vienna", a name<br />
that bear the inhabitants with full pride. This name owes to the city<br />
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