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Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in
western Romania, in the Crişana region.
Arad is a modern-built city, and contains many handsome private and
public buildings, including a cathedral.
With an area of 46.18 km˛ and a 2002 population of about
170,000, Arad is typical of the border cities along the Hungarian
frontier, such as Oradea to the north, and Timişoara
to the south.
It is situated on the right bank of the river Mureş, and
consists of the inner city and five suburbs.
The wider municipality of Arad is home to 183,939 inhabitants, the
ethnic breakdown of the city showing 82% Romanian, 13% Hungarian, 2%
Rroma, 1,3% German, and others.
It is the seat of a Romanian Orthodox bishop, and
features a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, two training
schools for teachers (a Romanian one and a Hungarian one), and a
music conservatory.
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Arad Down Town
Some Great Arad Sights
The Fortified Town of Arad is one of the Transylvanian fortresses built in
the Vauban star-shaped style, in the second half of the 18th century.
It
was used as a prison for the rebels led by Horia, Cloşca and Crişan
Administrative Palace, built in 1872-1874, renaissance architecture
"Ioan Slavici" Classical Theatre, built in 1874, neoclassical
architecture, architect Antoniu Czigler
Neuman Palace, built in 1891, eclecticism
Judiciary Palace, built in 1892, eclecticism
Cenad Palace, built in 1894, eclecticism and neoclassical architecture
National Bank Palace, built in 1906, neoclassical architecture
Bohuş Palace built in 1910, Vienna Secession. For the first time in Arad,
it was used reinforced concrete.
Szantay Palace, built in 1911, Vienna Secession
Cultural Palace, built in 1913, neoclassical, gothic, renaissance
architecture and corinthian capitals
Cloşca Street, Vienna Secession
Historical buildings
The House with Cannon Balls, built in 1800. Its name derives from the
fights between 1848-1849. Seventeen cannon balls are incorporated in its
walls.
The High Teacher Training School (Clădirea Preparandiei) , the first
school for Romanian-language teachers from Transylvania, 1812
The House with the Padlock, built in 1815
The Old Theatre (Hirschl), built by Jacob Hirschl in 1817, the oldest
stone theatre of Romania
Water Tower, built in 1896, medieval dungeon architectural style
The Old Custom House, built in 1907, used as a customs point for goods
entering the Arad markets
Monuments
The Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, raised in 1729, baroque sculpture
The monument of the Holy Trinity, raised in 1746 to commemorate the plague
that swept the town in 1738-1740
The walkway of Arad's famous personalities - Alexandru D. Xenopol, George
Coşbuc, Petre Pipoş, Ioan Russu Şirianu, Gheoghe Popa of Teiuş, Mircea V.
Stănescu
Reconciliation Park
The Statue of Liberty, raised in 1890 by György Zala in the memory of the
heroes of the Hungarian revolutionary army
The Arch of Triumph, raised in 2004 by Ioan Bolborea in memory of the
heroes of the 1848 - 1849 Romanian Revolution
Martyrs' Cross, raised in 1936, in memory of the priests martyred between
November 1918 and spring 1919
The Bust of Vasile Goldiş (1862 – 1934) - The coryphaeus of Romania
The Bust of Moise Nicoară (1784 – 1861)
Religious tourism
The "St. Peter and Paul" Serbian Church, raised in 1698-1702, early
Baroque architecture
"St. Simon" Monastery , raised in 1762, Baroque architecture
The "Birth of Saint John the Baptist" Cathedral (Romanian Orthodox),
raised in 1862-1865, Baroque architecture, architect Antoniu Czigler. The
mural painter, Anastase Damian, started his work in 1957 and finished it
one year later
"St. Anthony of Padua" Cathedral (Roman Catholic). The Order of Minorite
Monks raised this cathedral in 1904, in arenaissance architecture style
The Red Church (Evangelical-Lutheran), built in 1906, Neo-gothic
architecture
The Neolog Synagogue, built in 1834, Greek, Tuscan architectural style
Museums and Exhibitions
Arad Museum Complex
History Department
Natural Sciences Department
Art Department
Vasile Goldiş Memorial Museum
Doina and Baruţu Arghezi Art Collection
Delta Gallery, with three major events of Arad artistic life: The
International Biennial Drawing Saloon, The Biennial Small Sculpture
Saloon, The Annual Art Saloon.
Alfa Gallery,
Clio Gallery,
Water Tower Gallery,
Takács Gallery and
Carola's Gallery
Expo Arad, The Exhibition Centre of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and
Agriculture of the County of Arad.
Pleasure Tourism
Neptun Swimming Place, one of the most beautiful places of amusement of
this kind in Romania
The Mureş Embankment
The Grove
The Ceala Forest with Moltăreţ Lake and Mureş Isle
The Vladimirescu Forest
Ghioroc Lake
Miniş - Măderat Vineyard, situated at about 30 kilometers east of Arad
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Arad is situation at the fall line where the low foothills coming
out of the Apuşeni mountains meld into the
sweeping wide eastern Panonian plain, running down to the Tisă river.
Localities in Arad and the
Lower Mureş River area:
All of the phone numbers in Arad
start with (0257) or (0257), depending on whether the service is
through the old state-run operator RomTelecom, or from one of the newer
entrants into the market in Romania.
Dialling internationally into Arad,
you must
remove any leading zero from the county code portion of the phone
number, so that (0257) becomes (257). Dialling a mobile
number (or the Zapp hybrid phones), you do the same, dropping the zero from the (07XX) part of the
number, to make it (7XX). Both landlines and mobiles have 6
digits following the initial county code.
With daily flights to Italy, Bucharest and more, and sited on the
main highway between Hungary and Transilvania, Arad is becoming Southern
Crişana's
international hub.
Stada
Horea HotSpot, Public HotSpot at the intersection of Strada Horea
and B-dul Revolutiei, in the central district (Centru) in
Arad. Connect to the
c*free (ARAD) wireless network
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Early Arad History
Arad Through Time
1028 - First time the area was mentioned
1078 - 1081 - The first mention of the town
1131 - Arad is mentioned in The Painted chronicle from Vienna
1551 - 1552 - The town was occupied by Ottoman Empire
1702 - The furriers' guild was registered - the oldest one
1715 - Camil Hofflich, a minorite monk, set up the first school - German
language
1765 - 1783 - A new fortress was build, in Vauban style
1812 - The foundation of Preparandia - the first Romanian pedagogy school
in Transylvania
1817 - Hirschl Theatre was build - the first stone made theatre in the
country
1868 - Mihai Eminescu participated as prompter
1833 - The sixth European Music School was set up in Arad, after Paris,
Prague, Brussels, Vienna and London - Arader Musik Conservatorium
1834 – Arad obtained the "free royal town" status
6 October 1849 - The Hungarian revolution was stopped
1890 - The founding of The Philharmonic Society'
1846 - Franz Liszt performed
1847 - Johann Strauss the Son performed
1877 - Pablo Sarasate and Henryk Wieniawski performed
1922 - George Enescu performed
1924 - Béla Bartók performed
15 August 1899 - The first official football game was held
10 April 1913 – Arad - Podgoria, the first electrical railway in the
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