Romania
Things to do in Timișoara
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Sightlore has 19 places to explore in Timișoara, and 9 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Timișoara's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Victory Square
The Victory Square, known until 1990 as the Opera Square, is the central square of Timișoara. It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania.
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Union Square
Union Square, also known as Dome Square, is the oldest square in Timișoara, Romania.
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Timișoara Fortress
Timișoara Fortress is a historical fortress in western Romania around which the town of Timișoara was built.
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Huniade Castle
The Huniade Castle is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi and Paolo Santini de Duccio over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles I Robert).
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Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
The Orthodox Cathedral, also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara, in Romania. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara and the Metropolis of Banat.
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Romanian National Opera, Timișoara
The Romanian National Opera is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania.
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St. George's Cathedral
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.
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Timișoara Military Museum
The Garrison Command, also known as the Army House, is a historical building in the Liberty Square in Timișoara, Romania.
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Fântâna cu pești
Artesian fountain in Victory Square, Timișoara; although not a listed monument, it has become one of the city's symbols.
Discovery routes in Timișoara
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Timișoara: from Victory Square to Union Square
From the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral to Victory Square and the Fish Fountain, past the Opera and Huniade Castle, the Military Museum and the Timișoara fortress to Union Square and St. George's Cathedral.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Romanian National Opera, Timișoara
The Romanian National Opera is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania.
Huniade Castle
The Huniade Castle is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi and Paolo Santini de Duccio over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles I Robert).
Timișoara Fortress
Timișoara Fortress is a historical fortress in western Romania around which the town of Timișoara was built.
German State Theatre in Timișoara
The German State Theatre Timișoara is a publicly funded German-language theatre company in Timișoara, Romania, where a German-language theatre was first mentioned in 1753. The new theatre opened in 1875, but closed again in 1899 as a result of increasing Magyarization in the…
General Ion Dragalina Bridge
General Ion Dragalina Bridge, formerly Stephen the Great Bridge, is a bridge in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. It is located in the Iosefin district and crosses the Bega River.
Maria Bridge, Timișoara
Mary Bridge, formerly Trajan Bridge and Hunyadi Bridge, is a bridge in the western Romanian city of Timișoara, crossing the Bega River. It connects the Cetate district with the Iosefin district.
Modoș Bridge, Timișoara
Modoș Bridge is located in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. It spans the Bega River at the western edge of the southern Iosefin district and extends into the Solventul Industrial Zone.
Museums
Timișoara Military Museum
The Garrison Command, also known as the Army House, is a historical building in the Liberty Square in Timișoara, Romania.
National Museum of Banat
The National Museum of Banat is a museum in Timișoara, Romania, headquartered in Huniade Castle.
Places of worship
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
The Orthodox Cathedral, also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara, in Romania. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara and the Metropolis of Banat.
St. George's Cathedral
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.
Biserica din Fratelia
The St. Joseph Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Fratelia district of Timișoara in western Romania. In the church the liturgies are celebrated in Hungarian, German and Romanian.
Millennium Church
The Millennium Church, officially known as the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in Timișoara, located in the Romans' Square in the Fabric district.
Notre Dame Church, Timișoara
Notre Dame Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district of Timișoara, Romania. It is part of a former monastery complex built for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, established in Timișoara in 1864, then Kingdom of Hungary.
Monuments
Victory Square
The Victory Square, known until 1990 as the Opera Square, is the central square of Timișoara. It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania.
Fântâna cu pești
Artesian fountain in Victory Square, Timișoara; although not a listed monument, it has become one of the city's symbols.
Union Square
Union Square, also known as Dome Square, is the oldest square in Timișoara, Romania.
The Monument of Virgin Mary in Mary's Square
Virgin Mary Monument is located in Timișoara's St. Mary Square and it has been there since 1906, when it was built on an older statue of Virgin Mary. The legend goes that György Dózsa has been executed there.
Nature
Roses Park, Timișoara
Roses Park, previously known as Rosarium or Ștefan Plavăț Park of Culture and Leisure, is an urban park in Timișoara, located north of the Bega River.
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