Timisoara for Tourists
North Star Continental Resort in the Old Fortress (Cetate) neighbourhood
Timisoara for Tourists
According to research, the first documentary evidence for the existence of Timişoara dates back to 1266.
The Hungarian king Carol Robert de Anjou had his royal residence in Timişoara between 1315 and 1323.
In the summer of 1552, Timişoara was under siege by the Ottomans. The fortress eventually capitulated, and the Ottoman Turks dominated for 164 years.
After liberation, in October 1716, the Timişoara Banat, or Timiş Banat, became Neoacquistic territory and was given the status of a province as part of the Habsburg House’s Erblander. It was rhumoured that the Count Claudius Florimund Mercy intended to turn Timişoara into the most beautiful Habsburg city.
In November 1849, the Austrian emperor founds Serbian Vojvodina and the Timiş Banat region, under the leadership of military and civil representatives. At the end of 1860, the region of Banat was re-attached to the Hungarian kingdom.
Beginning in the second half of the 19th century, Timişoara went through a series of technological innovations which modernised and sped up its inhabitants’ lives. The telegraph, public gas lighting (a first for Romania) were introduced, the city was connected to the European rail network, the Horse-Drawn Tram Company was founded, the modern telephone was introduced, and eventually gas lighting was replaced by electricity, turning Timişoara into the first European city to boast electric lights.
After the two world wars, Timişoara became Romania’s first free city when, in 1989, its inhabitants started the Revolution against dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist regime.
Short history.
The Hungarian king Carol Robert de Anjou had his royal residence in Timişoara between 1315 and 1323.
In the summer of 1552, Timişoara was under siege by the Ottomans. The fortress eventually capitulated, and the Ottoman Turks dominated for 164 years.
After liberation, in October 1716, the Timişoara Banat, or Timiş Banat, became Neoacquistic territory and was given the status of a province as part of the Habsburg House’s Erblander. It was rhumoured that the Count Claudius Florimund Mercy intended to turn Timişoara into the most beautiful Habsburg city.
In November 1849, the Austrian emperor founds Serbian Vojvodina and the Timiş Banat region, under the leadership of military and civil representatives. At the end of 1860, the region of Banat was re-attached to the Hungarian kingdom.
Beginning in the second half of the 19th century, Timişoara went through a series of technological innovations which modernised and sped up its inhabitants’ lives. The telegraph, public gas lighting (a first for Romania) were introduced, the city was connected to the European rail network, the Horse-Drawn Tram Company was founded, the modern telephone was introduced, and eventually gas lighting was replaced by electricity, turning Timişoara into the first European city to boast electric lights.
After the two world wars, Timişoara became Romania’s first free city when, in 1989, its inhabitants started the Revolution against dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist regime.
Short history.
