


City Center Tour
Looking at a current map of
We start the tour of the city from the
We reach
By the eighteenth century, most of the buildings in the square emerged, but the complete closing of this area took place only in 1859, when the building which served as the Army Corps Command was built (today the first building on the square’s left front, on the vest side).
The middle of the square is dominated by 2 the Mary-Nepomuk Monument, typical of Viennese Baroque creation, which was brought from
The military administration of
On the northern side of Libertăţii square stands 5 the
Our path takes us to the right on
We go back to
We keep walking on
On the corner opposite to
We go forward to
The last building on
We arrive in
The pièce de résistance, however, of
Another large building draws our attention on the square’s southern side, the one called by the people of
We are moving eastward to
Passing the Dicasterial Palace, turning left next to the “House with Iron Axis” (visible right on the corner house edge), we get to 22 the Evangelical or Lutheran Church (1837 to 1839, a Classicist structure). The Lutheran community of
We reach the eastern edge of the old city. In front of us there is a part of the circular boulevard that surrounds the Cetate district and the “Cardinal Points Fountain” roundabout with the road leading to the airport. On the right we can see 23 the Theresia Bastion. Today is known simply as the “Bastion”, but until the 1892 demolishing of fortifications decision it was only one of nine bastions of the city. This kind of bastion-like fortress was typical in eighteenth century
From the Bastion, you can choose to go to
Our tour starts with 24 the National Bank, the first building to appear in this new neighborhood. It is a Secession building with some elements belonging to classical orders (Ionic columns on two levels), the lion heads symbolizing wealth and power. The next building following the intersection with
We leave
On the other side we can see a very well done ensemble with four 1900s-style palaces / Secession, the most interesting being 28 Ciobanu Palace. The Continental Hotel, just like 29 the Civic Park behind it, emerged after the 1960s demolition of Transilvania Casern – a building that was not less than 480 meters long; the only thing that has remained out of it is the military riding school, that is now functioning as a theater room. Therefore, this park, too – like many others in
Continuing on Lucian Blaga Street we can deviate left on Bolyai Street to visit 33 the Roman Catholic parish church from the Cetate district (initially, the church belonged to the lower Salvatorian Franciscans). Further, on the building at no. 1 a plaque reminds us that, while living in
At the end of the
We are entering
A very imposing building is 37 the
We take a look now at the Secession palaces bordering
Next are other palaces in the Secession style: Neuhausz, Merbl, Dauerbach,
At the southern end, the square is closed by 40 the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral. In the interwar period, many Romanians settled down in
Both the memorial plaques next to the entry and the triptychs and the modern monument called “Crucifixion” from across the street remind of the tragic moments from December, 17 and 18, 1989.
North-west of the cathedral is 41 the Piarist Complex, consisting of the monastery church and a school, both created by architect Szekely (together with A. Baumgarten), in the Secession style; their roofs have undulations typical of this style. The school was returned in 2006 to the Catholic Diocese of Banat.
On the other side of the cathedral (towards the east) we can see two important buildings of the interwar period: 42 the Philharmonic (the Capitol Hall) and 43 the City Hall (“the new City Hall”); the new building of city hall was conceived and began before the First World War.
Behind the park runs the
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