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Romanian Orthodox Cathedral

Catedrala Mitropolitană Ortodoxă
Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Catedrala Mitropolitană Ortodoxă
Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Temesvár, Timișoara
Address:
Bulevardul Regele Ferdinand I
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7508782111, 21.2243082667
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History

The Romanian cathedral was built after the Romanian occupation in 1919, between 1936 and 1940. It was designed by Ion Traianescu in the style of the churches of the Moldavian Orthodox monasteries. In 1939, the Orthodox Bishopric of Temesvár, later the Archdiocese of Banat, was founded.

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