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House with the iron bar

Casa cu Axa de Fier
House with the iron bar
Casa cu Axa de Fier
Timisoara, Casa cu axa de fier
Turbojet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Address:
Piața Țepeș Vodă
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.757512594, 21.2318122283
Google map:

History

In Temesvár, the house number system was developed in the 18th century. Before that, houses were distinguished according to some specific feature. This is how houses with signs appeared. In the 18th century, a 2.5 m long iron shaft was built into this house. Legend has it that it was the axle of the chariot used by Prince Eugene of Savoy to lead his armies into Temesvár in 1716 and drive out the Turks.

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