Timisoara is the Romanian town which is said most to bear the imprint of the baroque: the old Town Hall (1731-1734), the Roman Catholic Episcopal Palace (1743-1752), the Palace of the Prefecture (1754), the St Catherine Roman Catholic Church (1752-1755), the St. George Serbian Church (1745-1755).

In 1307, Carol I Robert D'Anjou, the King of Hungary, decided to build a fortress in this settlement, which is mentioned in documents from the year 1212 as Castrum Timisiensis. The fortress would be rebuilt in the 15 th century by Iancu de Hunedoara. The Castle of the Huniazi, which now houses the Museum of Banat History, is one of the main attractions of Timisoara.

Between 1552 and 1716, the city was the residence of the Timisoara Pasha, and between 1716 and 1918 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Under Austrian rule, dykes were built along the River Bega and beautiful baroque edifices were constructed. Since the end of the 19 th century, Timisoara has been a modern city, with electricity and telephone networks, public, transport etc.

There a number of places which no visitor to Timisoara should miss seeing: the Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1736 and 1774 in the baroque style; the Dicasterial Palace (now the County Courts), with 350 rooms, built between 1850 and 1854 in the Renaissance style, after the Strozzi Palace in Florence; the Deschau Palace, built in the neo-classical style in 1735; and the imposing Orthodox Cathedral of the Three Hierarchs (1936-1946).