A short walk through the historic center of Arad, Romania
Hello travelers
For some time I was thinking to share with you a part of the historic center of Arad county, there are so many historical buildings very important for the western part of Romania, so Monday (20.01.2025) I had something to do around the city and I took this opportunity to walk around the city center photographing the imposing beauty of the historic buildings.
But before we go any further I will leave you below some information about Arad county.
The county of Arad (in Hungarian Arad Megye, in German Kreis Arad) is located in western Romania and encompasses the territories of the Crișana and Banat regions. The county stretches on either side of the Mures and Crișul Alb rivers. It borders Bihor County to the north and northeast, Alba County to the east, Hunedoara County to the southeast, Timiș County to the south and Hungary to the west. It covers an area of 7754 square kilometers. From an administrative point of view, Arad County comprises 10 towns (including 1 municipality), 68 municipalities and 270 villages (2004). Bordered by the Mureș River, its territory is about 3/4 of its territory in the Crișana region, the rest being within the Banat region. The county seat is Arad.
I have chosen to start today's journey with the most important building in the city center, namely the Administrative Palace, built between 1872-1875, it shows the skill and dedication with which the architects of that time realized it.
Administrative Palace
One thing that I didn't manage to photograph is the fact that the Administrative Palace is built in the shape of the letter ,,U,, to show you this I needed a drone, but I left the drone at home because I didn't realize if I will have time after I finish my work in the city (another time I will show you a picture taken from the drone).
This building of the Administrative Palace houses the City Hall and the County Prefecture (two fundamental institutions of Arad County).
If we take a closer look at the photo we will see another important detail and that is the tower in the middle of the Administrative Palace, tower with a height of about 54 meters, and that's not all, at the top we also have the clock that was brought specially from Switzerland to be mounted there.
Somewhere in front of the Administrative Palace we have the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1989 Revolution in Romania, and if we get a little closer we will see written on this monument the names of those who were killed here in the city center and their age and the date they were killed, yes, a monument that we should visit from time to time and pray that such moments never happen again.
More information about the Administrative Palace can be found here.
Monument to the Martyrs of the 1989 Revolution
Monument to the martyrs of the 1989 Revolution
Monument to the martyrs of the 1989 Revolution
The following photos I have reserved especially for the two big universities in Arad county, in the first two pictures we have one of the Aurel Vlaicu West University and in the next picture you will see one of the Vasile Goldis West University (I must confess that I attended the Vasile Goldis West University).
Aurel Vlaicu University
Aurel Vlaicu University
Vasile Goldis University
I'll leave you some photos of the city center where we can see how the daily life is going on, I can say that I was lucky to be in the period when day and night are merging and some buildings were already beautifully lit.
I couldn't not show you a church in today's blog, so in the pictures below you can see the Roman-Catholic Church "St. Anthony of Padua", also quite close to this area there is another very interesting church, but I will write a special blog about it.
Roman-Catholic Church "St. Anthony of Padua"
Roman-Catholic Church "St. Anthony of Padua"
Roman-Catholic Church "St. Anthony of Padua"
Roman-Catholic Church "St. Anthony of Padua"
But wait, I'm not done yet, I've seen on the blog the Administrative Palace, the Universities, the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1989 Revolution, the church, it seems the blog is missing something, yes, we're going to the next location, namely the Ioan Slavici Classical Theater, an imposing building with an amazing architecture (actually I think all the buildings here have an amazing architecture).
Ioan Slavici Classical Theater
Ioan Slavici Classical Theater
That's it, I've come to the end of today's blog which I chose to end with the beautifully illuminated Palace of Justice building.
Palace of Justice
Palace of Justice
Palace of Justice
Dear visitors, I have chosen to share with you today these amazing and very important buildings in the city center, more precisely I have shown you their exteriors, if in the future I have more time I will try to show you what they look like inside.
THE END!
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P.S. The attached picture you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone(Samsung Galaxy S21), and the text is also designed by me.
