Piața Traian
The Piața Traian , German Trajansplatz , is a square in the Romanian city of Timișoara . It was named after the Roman emperor Trajan . The square, laid out at right angles, forms the center of the 2nd district Fabric and was designed in 1740 by engineers of the military; The somewhat larger Piața Unirii in the inner city is considered a model . A market is held daily on the Piața Traian. It is also an important hub in the Timișoara tram network . Individual traffic, however, was banned. The most striking buildings on the square are the Palatul Mercur on the north side and the Serbian Orthodox St. George's Church from the 18th century on the east side.
At the time of the Austrian Empire , the Piața Traian was called Hauptplatz . As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, this name was translated into Hungarian : Fő tér . From the middle of the 1890s the square was named after the Hungarian national hero Kossuth Lajos tér , who died in 1894 . After the division of the Banat in 1919, it finally got its current Romanian name.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 27.8 " N , 21 ° 14 ′ 59.9" E