Unirii Square located in the center of Timisoara, is one of the oldest squares in Timisoara. It is thus named in honor of Romanian troops that entered in Timisoara on the third August 1919 and established the Romanian administration, finalizing in this way, Banat’s Union with Romania.
This date, the third of August, became the official day of the city.
Over time, this square had many names as: Hauptplatz (The Main Square), Domplatz (The Dom Square), Losonczy Square (Losonczy Tér). Losonczy Square in honor of the committee Stefan Losonczy, a great army leader, killed by Turks in 1552.
The year 1552 is a historical date for the citizens of Timisoara, is the year when the fortress was conquered by the Turks.
Nowadays the shape of the square was built after 1717, when the Austrians armies conquered the city from the Turkish armies and banished them out of Timisoara for good
For a long time, the Unirii Square served as a commercial market where people from different corners of Banat area came and sold different goods from foods, animals to home tools and basic construction items such as bricks, barns, axes, nails, compasses, hammers, clamps, knives, measuring tools, masonry tools and so on.
From an architectural point of view, the Unirii Square in an eloquent example of baroque style.
Here we have some historical buildings that I need to mention about:
The Roman-Catholic Dome, the Serbian Episcopal Church, the Baroque Palace, the Canonic’s Houses, the House “La Elefant”, the House with the Lions, the Former Discount Bank (Miksa Steiner House), the Monument of the Holy Trinity or the Plague Column. And last but not least, here is the Spring Fountain from Unirii Square.
The square is dominated by the Roman-Catholic Dome, dating back to 1736.This is why it is also called the Dome Square.
Over time, this square had many names as: Hauptplatz (The Main Square), Domplatz (The Dom Square), Losonczy Square (Losonczy Tér). Losonczy Square in honor of the committee Stefan Losonczy, a great army leader, killed by Turks in 1552.
The year 1552 is a historical date for the citizens of Timisoara, is the year when the fortress was conquered by the Turks.
Nowadays the shape of the square was built after 1717, when the Austrians armies conquered the city from the Turkish armies and banished them out of Timisoara for good
For a long time, the Unirii Square served as a commercial market where people from different corners of Banat area came and sold different goods from foods, animals to home tools and basic construction items such as bricks, barns, axes, nails, compasses, hammers, clamps, knives, measuring tools, masonry tools and so on.
From an architectural point of view, the Unirii Square in an eloquent example of baroque style.
Here we have some historical buildings that I need to mention about:
The Roman-Catholic Dome, the Serbian Episcopal Church, the Baroque Palace, the Canonic’s Houses, the House “La Elefant”, the House with the Lions, the Former Discount Bank (Miksa Steiner House), the Monument of the Holy Trinity or the Plague Column. And last but not least, here is the Spring Fountain from Unirii Square.
The square is dominated by the Roman-Catholic Dome, dating back to 1736.This is why it is also called the Dome Square.
