Timișoara
Name
Timișoara
Variant Names
Temesvár
Province/County/State
Timiş (county)
Nations
Romania (nation)
Descriptive Note Text
<Located on the canalized Bega river; originally a Roman settlement; sacked by Tartars in 13th cen.; a fortress was built in 14th cen.; under Ottoman control 1552-1716, when it passed to Austria; colonized by Swabian Germans; assigned to Romania in 1920.> (Getty TGN)
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