EXPOZIȚIE VERNISATĂ ÎN PALATUL EPISCOPAL ROMANO-CATOLIC DIN TIMIȘOARA
EXHIBITION OPENED IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL PALACE IN TIMIȘOARA

Author(s): Claudiu Călin
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Review, General Reference Works, Scientific Life
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Timișoara 1716; Ottoman siege; Banat; Roman Catholic Diocese; European city origins;
Summary/Abstract: On Wednesday, 12 October 2016, starting at 4:00 p.m., the jubilee exhibition “Timișoara 1716. The Beginnings of a European City” (Temeswar 1716. Die Anfänge einer europäischen Stadt / Temesvár 1716. Egy európai város kezdetei / Темишвар 2016. Почеци једнога европског града / Timișoara 1716. The Beginnings of a European City) was opened at the Episcopal Palace of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara. The date of this event was chosen in a very special way: on 12 October 1716, at 11:30 a.m., the Ottoman garrison of the city on the Bega raised the white flag in a gesture of surrender and peace after 42 days of siege and 164 years of rule over the city and the Banat. In this spirit, on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, at 11:30 a.m., all seven bells of St. George’s Dome, the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Timișoara, rang for fifteen minutes in memory of that historic moment and of those who sacrificed themselves for the freedom of the Christian faith and human dignity three centuries ago.

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