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.
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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.
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I think I'll be adding some points on my to-visit map because of your posts! :) Well done :)
When I travel in Romania, this always amazes me how the city names have also Hungarian and German versions but then I realized some of our cities also have a long history of their names...
For instance the city of Stara Zagora (I spent few years there studying):
Original name - "Beroe" (by the Thracians I think)
Romans changed it to "Augusta Traiana" (I've been to Alba Iulia ;))
Then it was "Vereya"
Later Greeks changed it to "Irenopolis"
Between the Greek and the Turk slavery the city was called "Boruy" and "Zheleznik".
Under the Ottoman empire its name - "Eski Zagra"
After the liberation in 19th century it got its current name "Stara Zagora" that is a derivative from the last Turkish name, I think it means something like "old fortress".
Impressive, isn't it...
I am very glad that my posts are useful, after all that is also my aim to show those who visit my posts the places I go through and maybe the information I offer can be useful.
The village where I live was one where the Hungarian population was quite large, the Hungarians settled here 250 years ago and you realize that we Romanians have many words borrowed from the Hungarian language, words that they still use today.
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I focus on European travels, there are still too many places worth a visit and traveling to the other continents takes much time, costs a fortune and is slowly killing the planet. These are some of the reasons I would love to see more travel and photography posts about our beautiful Europe :)
Thank you, I understand very well those influences. Plenty of Turkish, French and lately, English words in the day-to-day Bulgarian language :)
Cheers! :) (maybe a bit early, but it's never too early for a glass of fine red wine, right? :)))
Aww, a glass of dry red wine, yes, especially as I'm quite close to the vineyards here in the west of the country, I know some wineries in the area with a sensational wine, :)))
You know, on my current list there are already many sensational places in Bulgaria that I want to visit, but somehow I haven't visited them so far, partly because the distances are very long and partly because I don't get along well with the Bulgarian police :)))))
I have the feeling that the Bulgarian police don't want tourists in their area, so far I managed to visit a few places, namely Queen Mary's Castle in Balchik and the Botanical Garden but also Cape Kaliakra and the amazing Tyulenovo Cliffs.
I forgot to tell you that here in the west of Romania in addition to German influences we have Hungarian, Saxon, Swabian, Polish and some others but I can't remember them.
Well, it is mutual :) Bulgarians also don't get along well with the Bulgarian police :D
Especially traffic police - their main purpose is just to milk the drivers.
I am a very careful driver, haven't been in any incident since 2004 but still I got two fines in the last half an year. Lately they use more electronic register and rarely stop drivers unless, of course, there is an accident.
Plenty of places where intentionally wrong traffic signs are left so drivers are fined. Where I live there is a new road between two villages, road reconstructed more than a half year ago, it is about 8 km long and speed limited to 40 km/h. Total nonsense but done intentionally.
What I hate the most in particular is the car registration process that hasn't changed since the dark communist ages of the year 1980. More than 2 million people live in the capital city and there is just one place where one can go and register their newly acquired vehicle. I've been through the process several time, usually that whole day is lost and that's assuming all documents are well prepared.
The poorest country in EU with the highest levels of corruption and those two are connected, of course.
The situation in Romania is not very different from Bulgaria (corruption is present in all state institutions), I don't know if you've been watching TV, the last period has been quite tense in Romania since the annulment of the presidential elections and many other demonstrations in the capital (Bucharest), good thing I don't live there.
I can skip all that and try to see the beautiful part of the country, but also those countries that I want to explore, so Bulgaria is on my list and I will definitely go there, especially as we are now in Schengen.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yes, I watch the news and the presidential elections saga was something very interesting to me as I don't think something like that can happen here. I think corruption is less in Romania as your standard of living is approving better than here. So in Bulgaria, apart from the biggest cities, Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas... salaries are just shit. There is even a term "working poor", last stats are about 30% of those who work at a minimal salary, that is about 500 EUR at the moment, can't pay for basic things as utilities and good food. Another anomaly - food in Bulgaria is much more expensive than Germany, France, Spain, etc.
I guess it's ok as long as people are ok. Probably because we are too patient in general :)
So many beautiful place here, that's so true and the most of them are not by Black Sea ;) If you decide to plan something, I could share my experience, tag me, I'd love to add my pov :)
Let's enjoy the weekend now, cheers! :)
The buildings are very beautiful and historic, the architecture is of different styles. Amazing Photograph
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It doesn't look like a historical place, in fact the place is historical. The place is very old, that is, it has been built in the past and very high quality materials have been used. The place is incredibly beautiful. Even though the place is historical, it seems new to me because it looks like it will never lose its beauty. It is incredibly beautiful and the place is actually beautiful. Since you wanted to show the beauty of this place through drone shots, the drone was not possible because it was at home and you are busy. However, after seeing the palaces of your city, I understand that the place here can be of an extraordinary level of beauty. Thank you
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Wow nice shots. The structures of the building showcasing a remarkable design and craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing😊
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Wow that is a very beautiful place
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