Must-see attractions in Timişoara

  • Museum of the 1989 Revolution

    Timişoara

    This is an ideal venue to brush up on the December 1989 anticommunist revolution that began here in Timişoara. Displays include documentation, posters and…

  • Communist Consumers Museum

    Timişoara

    This museum houses an odd collection of pre-1989 consumer goods manufactured in Romania. It fills to the point of overflowing three rooms and a hallway…

  • Synagogue in the Fortress

    Timişoara

    Built in 1865 by Viennese architect Ignatz Schuhmann, the synagogue acts as an important keynote in Jewish history – Jews in the Austro-Hungarian Empire…

  • Reformed Church

    Timişoara

    The 1989 revolution began at the Reformed Church, where Father László Tőkés spoke out against Ceauşescu. You can sometimes peek in at the church, and it…

  • St John of Nepomuk & Virgin Mary Statue

    Timişoara

    The statue of St John of Nepomuk and the Virgin Mary, located in the centre of Piaţa Libertăţii, was made in 1756 in Vienna and brought to Romania in…

  • Timișoara Art Museum

    Timişoara

    This museum displays a representative sample of paintings and visual arts over the centuries as well as regular, high-quality temporary exhibitions. It's…

  • Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral

    Timişoara

    The Orthodox cathedral was built between 1936 and 1946. It's unique for its Byzantine-influenced architecture, which recalls the style of the Bucovina…

  • Banat Village Museum

    Timişoara

    This open-air 'village' was created in 1917 and exhibits more than 30 traditional peasant houses dating from the 19th century. Take tram 1 (black number)…

  • Memorial to Victims of 1989 Revolution

    Timişoara

    In the form of a crucifix shaped by massive nails, this memorial to the anticommunist uprising of 1989 is at the southern end of Piaţa Victoriei.

  • Old Town Hall

    Timişoara

    Fronting the square to the north, the Old Town Hall was built in 1734 on the site of a 17th-century Turkish bath. It was here that the leader of the 1514…

  • Roman Catholic Cathedral

    Timişoara

    The city's fine baroque cathedral on the east side of Piaţa Unirii was built in the mid- to late 18th century, after the Austro-Hungarian Empire had…

  • Banat History Museum

    Timişoara

    This museum is housed in the historic Huniades Palace, whose origins date to the 14th century and to Hungarian king Charles Robert, Prince of Anjou. The…

  • Timișoara Fortress

    Timişoara

    A couple of blocks to the east of Piaţa Unirii, following Str Palanca, is a classic 18th-century Austrian fortress with three fortification rings and nine…

  • Serbian Orthodox Church

    Timişoara

    Fronting the west side of Piaţa Unirii, the Serbian Orthodox Church was built at approximately the same time as its Catholic counterpart across the square…

  • Romulus & Remus Column

    Timişoara

    A replica of the well-known statue in Rome, this was presented to Timişoara by that city in 1906 to mark Romania's Latin origins.

  • Trinity Column

    Timişoara

    This sculpture to God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit takes pride of place in the centre of Piața Unirii.