The city on the banks of the Maros River with a turbulent history has risen from the ashes several times. Arad County was founded by St Stephen of Hungary in the first half of the 11th century. The name of Arad is derived from a Hungarian personal name, probably the name of the first ispán of the county. The first castle named Arad was not yet here, but 7 km east of the present town. Arad was destroyed by the Mongols, and was not mentioned as a castle for a long time. The foundations of modern Arad were laid by refugees fleeing Turkish raids. In 1551, the Turks captured Arad Castle, completely destroyed the town, massacred its population and built a new wooden palisade. Arad was liberated by the Hungarian troops of the Transylvanian Principality in 1595, but in 1616 the prince was forced to cede it again at the Turkish demand. It was finally liberated in the 1680s and became the seat of a frontier region. In the 18th century the Habsburgs built a huge modern fortress near Arad. This was captured by the Hungarians in 1849 during the Hungarian War of Independence after a bloody nine-month siege. Following the Russian intervention, the commander of the Austrian armies, Haynau, had 13 Hungarian officers (12 generals and a colonel) executed in Arad, who are known today as the Arad Martyrs. The famous Statue of Liberty, the work of Zala György, was erected in their memory in 1890. The city underwent a major development after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, and in 1909 the car industry was launched. After the Romanian occupation, the Romanian authorities had the Statue of Liberty removed and they allowed the statue to be re-erected only in 2004, not in its original place, but in the company of a Romanian triumphal arch. The town, still predominantly Hungarian at the time of the occupation, became a Romanian-majority town as a result of the settlements and persecutions during the 20th century.

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The name of Arad is derived from a Hungarian personal name, probably the name of the first isp\u00e1n of the county. The first castle named Arad was not yet here, but 7 km east of the present town. Arad was destroyed by the Mongols, and was not mentioned as a castle for a long time. The foundations of modern Arad were laid by refugees fleeing Turkish raids. In 1551, the Turks captured Arad Castle, completely destroyed the town, massacred its population and built a new wooden palisade. Arad was liberated by the Hungarian troops of the Transylvanian Principality in 1595, but in 1616 the prince was forced to cede it again at the Turkish demand. It was finally liberated in the 1680s and became the seat of a frontier region. In the 18th century the Habsburgs built a huge modern fortress near Arad. This was captured by the Hungarians in 1849 during the Hungarian War of Independence after a bloody nine-month siege. Following the Russian intervention, the commander of the Austrian armies, Haynau, had 13 Hungarian officers (12 generals and a colonel) executed in Arad, who are known today as the Arad Martyrs. The famous Statue of Liberty, the work of Zala Gy\u00f6rgy, was erected in their memory in 1890. The city underwent a major development after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, and in 1909 the car industry was launched. After the Romanian occupation, the Romanian authorities had the Statue of Liberty removed and they allowed the statue to be re-erected only in 2004, not in its original place, but in the company of a Romanian triumphal arch. 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Ajtony pledged allegiance to the Greek emperor. He was baptized in Vidin and he invited Greek monks to his domain, but he continued to have seven wives according to the custom of the Bulgar aristocracy and lived a pagan life.@1028|After the death of Emperor Basil II, King Stephen I of Hungary sent an army to deal with Ajtony. According to the legend, Csan\u00e1d, the leader of the Hungarian army, lost the first battle. But when St. George appeared in his dream in the form of a lion, he immediately set off and attacked the camp of Ajtony by night. The Hungarian army defeated Ajtony on the plain near Nagy\u0151sz, who was beheaded. King Stephen I renamed Marosv\u00e1r to Csan\u00e1d after the victorious commander and made him the firts isp\u00e1n of Csan\u00e1d County.@1029|Arad County was established after the defeat of Ajtony. The name Arad comes from a personal name. Arad (Urod, Orod) was most likely the name of the fist isp\u00e1n of the castle appointed by King Stephen I after the victory over Ajtony.@11th century|It was the centre of a castle county. The first castle stood 7 kilometres to the east from the present-day town in the territory of the former village of \u00d6thalom or Glogov\u00e1c.@1131|Ilona, the Serbian wife of King B\u00e9la II of Hungary, had 68 aristocrats executed here, who were allegedly guilty in the blinding of her husband. The chapter of Arad was established from their confiscated properties. King B\u00e9la was the son of \u00c1lmos, the brother of King K\u00e1lm\u00e1n. K\u00e1lm\u00e1n ordered the blinding of \u00c1lmos and his son, B\u00e9la, in order to make them unable to rule, because \u00c1lmos attempted to take the throne several times.@1132|The castle was mentioned for the first time. This was not identical to the present-day fortress. It stood 7 kilometres to the east.@1135|King B\u00e9la II of Hungary established a chapter in Arad.@1224|The wife of King Andrew II of Hungary, Johanna, completed the construction of the basilica dedicated to St. Martin, which was started by King B\u00e9la II. The basilica was destroyed in 1552.@#5|@1241-42|Mongols destroyed the castle and the town of Arad (Orod). The town was burned to ashes and could hardly recover. The present-day town was founded by refugees fleeing from the Turkish raids on Hungary west of the old town of Orod on the banks of the Maros River.@1285|The town was devastated by the second Mongol invasion. In the following centuries Arad was not mentioned as a castle.@after 1241|Cumans and Vlachs settled in the neighbourhood.@#6|@1388|Arad was an oppidum.@1459|The raiders of the army of Mehmed II the Conqueror reached as far as Arad.@1514|Arad was plundered by the peasant army of D\u00f3zsa Gy\u00f6rgy.@#8|@#9|@1551|The child John Sigismund's guardian, George Martinuzzi, with Castaldo's imperial army, forced Queen Isabella to surrender the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (including Transylvania) to King Ferdinand I. Isabella left for Poland with her child, the heir to the throne. The Turks then launched a punitive campaign against Hungary.@September 18, 1551|The Turks conquered the castle of Arad. The Turks completely destroyed the town and slaughtered its inhabitants.@1552 - 1554|The Turks built a new palisade near the present-day bridge of \u00dajarad.@until 1554|Arad was the seat of a sanjak.@1556|The Estates of Transylvania, dissatisfied with Habsburg rule, recalled Queen Isabella to the throne, to which the Sultan gave his consent. On her return, she regained control of eastern Hungary.@#10|@#12|@June 11, 1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania openly declared his break with the Ottoman Empire.@May 27, 1595|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania appointed the battle-hardened Borb\u00e9ly Gy\u00f6rgy B\u00e1n of Kar\u00e1nsebes and Lugos. Borb\u00e9ly defeated the army of the Pasha of Temesv\u00e1r at Facs\u00e1d on 13 August and liberated Lippa on 1 September. Then he pressed on as far as Arad and liberated that town either, and several castles on his way.@1595|The army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania liberated Arad in the Thirteen Years War. Captain Szelestey J\u00e1nos tried to rebuild and reinforce the castle.@1598|The Turks took the castle back, but Prince Bocskai Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania took control of Arad at the beginning of the 17th century.@#13|@#14|@1616|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania had to hand Arad over to the Turks, because they demanded it. Arad County ceased to exist; it was only recreated in 1735.@#15|@#16|@#17|@#18|@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@July 14, 1658|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania defeated the army of the Pasha of Buda here. The prince captured the town for a short time and set it on fire.@#23|@December 5, 1685|Arad was taken back from the Turks.@#25|@1688|Arad was liberated from Turkish rule permanently.@#26|@1690|One hundred thousand Serbians crossed the Danube and fled from the Turks to the territory of Hungary with the leadership of Arsen Csernojevics. They settled in southern Hungary north of the Danube, also in the neighbourhood of Arad. The Habsburg rulers employed the militant Serbians as border guards, and they also used them against the Hungarians several times, when they were fighting for the independence of their homeland.@1698|The palisade was repaired.@1699 - 1741|After the Peace of Karl\u00f3ca, Arad was the seat of the Military Frontier of Maros, which was a special territory under military administration along Turkish border. The Maros River formed the border between the Habsburg ruled Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.@1702|Arad became a privileged town under the authority of the royal chamber, which kick-started its development.@#27|@1715|The Franciscan Minorite monk Camil Hofflich established the first German school.@from 1718|According to the Treaty of Passarowitz, the lands south of the Maros River (B\u00e1ns\u00e1g) were liberated from Turkish rule. B\u00e1ns\u00e1g was not reunited with Hungary, but was put directly under the authority of the imperial court in Vienna until 1778. Hungarians were prohibited from settling in B\u00e1ns\u00e1g. Habsburg rulers repopulated the once nearly entirely Hungarian territory with German, Vlach and Serbian migrants instead.@from 1723|Germans were settled on the south bank of the Maros River in three waves, who established \u00dajarad.@1745|The grammar school of Arad was established.@1748|Arad became the seat of Arad County.@1750|Empress Maria Theresia forbade the inhabitants of Arad to settle in the neighbourhood of the new fortress that was under construction. The town handed over the island covered with forest at the bend of the Maros River for the purpose of the construction. The regular hexagonal star shape fortress was built in Vauban style according to the plans of General Philipp Ferdinand Harsch.@between 1763 and 1783|The fortress was constructed. It had a perimeter of 3,180 metres and it covered a huge area of 730 thousand square metres. A bastion was located on each sides and it had six gates. The fortress was surrounded with ramparts and moats, which could be flooded by the water of the Maros River when needed. The fortress could accommodate 3,600 soldiers and 296 cannons.@1776|A royal decree was issued to move the entire town to the site of the present-day village of Zim\u00e1nd, because of the construction of the fortress, but it was never executed. This plan was dropped completely in 1871 by Emperor Joseph II.@1812|The first teacher training institute with Vlach as the language of education was established in the territory of Hungary. It was called Preparandia.@1817-1818|The carpet merchant Hirschl Jakab built the first theatre of Arad, which is the oldest, still existing stone theatre in the territory of present-day Romania. Performances were given in Hungarian, German and Vlach languages as well.@1818|The protection zone of the fortress was reduced from 2 kilometres fixed in 1783 to 500 metres.@1822|Ortodox seminary was established.@1833|The sixth conservatory of Europe was established in Arad (after Paris, Prague, Brussels, Vienna and London) by the name Aradi Zenede.@1833|The construction of the town hospital started.@August 21, 1834|King Francis I of Hungary (Emperor Francis II) made Arad a free royal town.@1840-1841|The White Cross Hotel was built. Liszt Ferenc, Johann Strauss and Johannes Brahms gave concerts within its walls, and the famous Hungarian writers and poets M\u00f3ricz Zsigmond, J\u00f3kai M\u00f3r, Ady Endre and Kr\u00fady Gyula were among its guests.@1846|Liszt Ferenc gave a concert in the town.@1847|The Calvinist church was built in the centre according to the plans of Hoffer J\u00f3zsef. It was extended with a prayer room and an organ loft according to the plans of Sz\u00e1ntay Lajos in 1925.@#28|@March 17, 1848|Local youths read the 12 points of the Hungarian Revolution out loud in the Hirschl Theatre and recited the National Song (Nemzeti dal) written by Pet\u0151fi S\u00e1ndor. The town's council accepted the 12 points on 20 March, but the fortress remained under Habsburg command.@June 28, 1849|Hungarian forces captured the fortress of Arad after nine months of bloody siege. The imperials left the fortress in accordance with the agreement. The Austrian garrison bombarded the town incessantly during the siege. Arad became the new centre of the Hungarian war of independence.@August 11, 1849|Kossuth Lajos ceded the supreme command of the Hungarian military to General G\u00f6rgey Art\u00far in Arad.@August 17, 1849|General Damjanich J\u00e1nos gave up the fortress after the Hungarians surrendered to the Russians at Vil\u00e1gos. The Austrian commander Haynau moved his headquarters to Arad afterwards.@October 6, 1849|13 Hungarian military commanders (12 generals and 1 colonel) were executed in Arad as retaliation for the Hungarian war of independence. The executions were ordered by Haynau. A stone obelisk was raised on the supposed site of the executions in 1881. The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1890 in memory of the martyrs and the Hungarian war of independence in the main square. The statue was torn down by the Romanian invaders in 1925. The Statue of Liberty could only be re-erected in 2004 in a much less spectacular location next to a Romanian triumphal arch.@October 25, 1849|The Hungarian colonel Kazinczy Lajos was also executed in Arad.@1850|The first library was opened in Arad in the White Cross Hotel.@1851|The Neumann distillery and yeast factory was established.@1858|The railway reached the town from the direction of Szolnok (Hungary).@1861-1865|The Romanian orthodox cathedral was constructed.@1863|The Astra National Association of Arad was established to foster Romanian education and culture.@#30|@1869-1873|The Hungarian royal grammar school was constructed.@1872|The Hendl machine factory was established. A cement and brick factory was also established not long after.@1874|The new theatre was inaugurated.@1877|The town hall of Arad was completed, which became the symbol of the town.@1881|The Hungarian K\u00f6lcsey Cultural Association was formed. They established the town library and the museum, and later they built the Palace of Culture to house the institutions.@1884|During his visit in Arad, Emperor Franz Joseph elevated the Neumann brothers to the rank of baron, who owned a distillery, a yeast factory and a steam mill in the town.@1890|The philharmonic orchestra of Arad was formed.@October 6, 1890|The Statue of Liberty was inaugurated commemorating the 13 commanders of the Hungarian War of Independence executed in Arad in 1849. The statue was made by the sculptor Zala Gy\u00f6rgy. The former Liberty Square now bears the name of Avram Iancu, who committed genocide among the Hungarians during the war of independence, taking advantage of the Hungarian forces being busy with the liberation of Transylvania from Habsburg oppression. The statue was torn down by the Romanian invaders in 1925. It could only be re-erected in 2004 in a much less spectacular location next to a Romanian triumphal arch dedicated also to Avram Iancu.@1891|Arad had 42052 inhabitants (25901 Hungarians, 5626 Germans, 7873 Valchs, 1704 Serbians).@1891|Weitzer J\u00e1nos established a railway wagon manufacturing factory. The first successful gasoline powered locomotives of Europe were manufactured here in 1903.@1893|The Arad & Csan\u00e1d United Railways Company was established by merging the local railway companies.@1895|The electrical network of the town was installed.@1902-1904|The Roman Catholic cathedral was constructed. It was managed by the Minorite Order.@1906|The Arad-Hegyalja narrow gauge railway was opened. It had three lines, which connected Arad with Gyorok, Pankota and M\u00e1riaradna (one of the most significant pilgrimage sites). The locomotives were powered by gasoline. The network was electrified by 1913. After the area was occupied by Romania in 1918, it became the first and only electrified railway in the territory of Romania until 1965.@1909|Car manufacturing started in Arad. The Hungarian Automobile Company Westinghouse System (Magyar Automobil Rt Westinghouse rendszer) was established as a subsidiary of the American Westinghouse company. In 1911 trucks were also produced beside passenger cars, but only in small number. In 1911, Westinghouse gave up car manufacturing and the factory was sold to the Hungarian Rubberware Factory (Magyar Ruggyanta\u00e1rugy\u00e1r). The company was renamed to Magyar Automobil R\u00e9szv\u00e9ny T\u00e1rsas\u00e1g Arad, and its brand name became MARTA, the acronym of the company's Hungarian name. The Hungarian Royal Post ordered 175 buses from the company. The chassis was licensed by the German Daimler. The MARTA also manufactured the cars for the taxi fleet of Budapest. The company was purchased by the German Benz in 1915, production increased significantly and the factory started producing aeroengines and trucks exclusively. The manufacturing ceased not long after the Romanian occupation.@1909|The Neumann family established its textile factory.@1911\u20131913|The Arad-Hegyalja narrow gauge railway was electrified. This was the third electric railway in Hungary and the sixth in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. After the area was occupied by Romania in 1918, it became the first and only electric railway in the territory of Romania until 1965.@1910|Arad had a population of 63166 (46085 Hungarians, 10279 Vlachs, 4365 Germans, 1816 Serbians, 277 Slovaks \u00e9s 133 Czechs).@1910|The construction of the iron bridge over the Maros River connecting Arad with \u00dajarad started. These were two separate towns at that time, and they also belonged to different counties. The new railway station of Arad was inaugurated.@1913|The Palace of Culture was completed. The construction was ordered by the Hungarian K\u00f6lcsey Cultural Association. The building housed the museum, the library and the philharmonic orchestra. The architect was Sz\u00e1ntay Lajos.@#31|@1916|On 27 August, Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and launched an attack against Hungary. This triggered a huge wave of refugees from Transylvania, as the population feared a repeat of the Romanian ethnic cleansing of 1848-49. Austro-Hungarian and German forces drove the invaders out of the country by mid-October and occupied Bucharest on 6 December. Romania surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the central powers on 7 May 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest).@1918|On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy signed the Armistice of Padua. The already defeated Romania then declared war on Germany on 10 November, just one day before the Germans signed the armistice near Compi\u00e8gne. The Romanians then launched an offensive against Hungary, which had already unconditionally ceased fighting at the demand of the Entente. Romania was only recognised by the Entente powers as one of the victors of WWI only later.@#32|@from 1918|By 1922, 197,000 Hungarians were forced to leave the Romanian-occupied part of the country. By 1939 a further 169,000 Hungarians had left Transylvania, mostly aristocrats, intellectuals and a significant number of farmers. Most of them moved to Hungary. Before the Romanian invasion, 1,662,000 Hungarians lived in Transylvania, 32 percent of the population.@1919|The counter-revolutionary (anti-communist) Hungarian government of Count K\u00e1rolyi Gyula was based in Arad. Horthy Mikl\u00f3s, the future governor of Hungary, was also a member of this government.@#36|@1921|The Weitzer Wagon Factory and the MARTA Company were merged under the name Astra Arad. This became the largest freight car factory of Europe by the 1980's.@1925|The Romanian authorities tore down the Statue of Liberty.@1926|Car manufacturing stopped in Arad.@1924|Bart\u00f3k B\u00e9la gave a concert in Arad.@September 13, 1944|The 3rd Hungarian army liberated Arad for a short time.@September 19, 1944|Soviet and Romanian armies invaded Arad.@1948|\u00dajarad was attached to Arad.@from the 1950's|The German inhabitants emigrated.@from the 1950s|800,000 Romanians were settled in Transylvania from Moldavia, but many also came from Wallachia. The aim was to Romanianize the still majorly Hungarian towns and to break up the ethnic Hungarian blocks. While previously there was a Romanian majority in only a few small towns, this has been reversed by now.@2002|7.2 million people lived in Transylvania, including 1.42 million Hungarians. There were 1.65 million Hungarians out of 5.2 million in 1910. The proportion of the Romanians increased from 53.78% to 74.69%, while the proportion of the Hungarians decreased from 31.64% to 19.6%. The proportion of the Germans dropped from 10.75% to below 1%. These changes were mainly the results of migration and the persecution of Hungarians and Saxons. Transylvania here refers to the entire territory that once belonged to Hungary, which is much larger than historical Transylvania.@April 2004|The Romanian government allowed the Statue of Liberty commemorating the martyrs of the Hungarian War of Independence to be re-erected in a much less spectacular location next to a Romanian triumphal arch dedicated to Avram Iancu. The statue was vandalized by Romanians multiple times.&aradvaros.com: Arad t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete|https:\/\/www.aradvaros.com\/scurt-istoric\nacta.bibl.u-szeged.hu: Arad r\u00f6vid t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete|http:\/\/acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu\/4976\/1\/belvedere_2004_007_008_035-040.pdf"},"castles":[{"castleId":187,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Cetatea Aradului","settlement_HU":"Arad","settlement_LO":"Arad","address":"","listorder":5,"gps_lat":"46.1713320000","gps_long":"21.3319970000","oldcounty":27,"country":4,"division":14,"cond":4,"entrance":0,"varaklink":"https:\/\/varak.hu\/latnivalo\/index\/1266-Arad-Var\/","homepage":"http:\/\/cetatea-aradului.ro\/","openinghours":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022FlorinCB, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_Aradului.png\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Cetatea Aradului\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dc\/Cetatea_Aradului.png\/512px-Cetatea_Aradului.png\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_Aradului.png\u0022\u003EFlorinCB\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Arad Fortress","seolink":"arad-fortress-cetatea-aradului","georegion":"Maros Plain, Great Hungarian Plain","description":"","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@1000's|The pagan leader Ajtony broke away from the Christian Kingdom of Hungary ruled by King Stephen I. He established his centre in Marosv\u00e1r and allied himself to the Bulgars. Ajtony's ethnic origin is unknown, but his name comes from the Turk Altyn word, which means gold. His state is taken to be Proto-Romanian by official Romanian history without any credible evidence. His people were engaged in animal husbandry (horse and cattle breeding) and to a smaller extent in cultivation of land. The most important income of Ajtony was the duty levied arbitrarily on salt transported on the Maros River.@1019|Basil II the Bulgar Slayer, Byzantine Emperor, occupied Bulgaria. Ajtony pledged allegiance to the Greek emperor. He was baptized in Vidin and he invited Greek monks to his domain, but he continued to have seven wives according to the custom of the Bulgar aristocracy and lived a pagan life.@1028|After the death of Emperor Basil II, King Stephen I of Hungary sent an army to deal with Ajtony. According to the legend, Csan\u00e1d, the leader of the Hungarian army, lost the first battle. But when St. George appeared in his dream in the form of a lion, he immediately set off and attacked the camp of Ajtony by night. The Hungarian army defeated Ajtony on the plain near Nagy\u0151sz, who was beheaded. King Stephen I renamed Marosv\u00e1r to Csan\u00e1d after the victorious commander and made him the firts isp\u00e1n of Csan\u00e1d County.@1029|Arad County was established after the defeat of Ajtony. The name Arad comes from a personal name. Arad (Urod, Orod) was most likely the name of the fist isp\u00e1n of the castle appointed by King Stephen I after the victory over Ajtony.@11th century|It was the centre of a castle county. The first castle stood 7 kilometres to the east from the present-day town in the territory of the former village of \u00d6thalom or Glogov\u00e1c.@1132|The castle was mentioned for the first time. This was not identical to the present-day fortress. It stood 7 kilometres to the east.@#5|@1241-42|Mongols destroyed the castle and the town of Arad (Orod). The town was burned to ashes and could hardly recover. The present-day town was founded by refugees fleeing from the Turkish raids on Hungary west of the old town of Orod on the banks of the Maros River.@1285|The town was devastated by the second Mongol invasion. In the following centuries Arad was not mentioned as a castle.@after 1241|Cumans and Vlachs settled in the neighbourhood.@#6|@#8|@#9|@1551|The child John Sigismund's guardian, George Martinuzzi, with Castaldo's imperial army, forced Queen Isabella to surrender the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (including Transylvania) to King Ferdinand I. Isabella left for Poland with her child, the heir to the throne. The Turks then launched a punitive campaign against Hungary.@September 18, 1551|The Turks conquered the castle of Arad. The Turks completely destroyed the town and slaughtered its inhabitants.@1552 - 1554|The Turks built a new palisade near the present-day bridge of \u00dajarad.@until 1554|Arad was the seat of a sanjak.@1556|The Estates of Transylvania, dissatisfied with Habsburg rule, recalled Queen Isabella to the throne, to which the Sultan gave his consent. On her return, she regained control of eastern Hungary.@#10|@#12|@June 11, 1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania openly declared his break with the Ottoman Empire.@May 27, 1595|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania appointed the battle-hardened Borb\u00e9ly Gy\u00f6rgy B\u00e1n of Kar\u00e1nsebes and Lugos. Borb\u00e9ly defeated the army of the Pasha of Temesv\u00e1r at Facs\u00e1d on 13 August and liberated Lippa on 1 September. Then he pressed on as far as Arad and liberated that town either, and several castles on his way.@1595|The army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond of Transylvania liberated Arad in the Thirteen Years War. Captain Szelestey J\u00e1nos tried to rebuild and reinforce the castle.@1598|The Turks took the castle back, but Prince Bocskai Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania took control of Arad at the beginning of the 17th century.@#13|@#14|@1616|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania had to hand Arad over to the Turks, because they demanded it. Arad County ceased to exist; it was only recreated in 1735.@#15|@#16|@#17|@#18|@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@July 14, 1658|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania defeated the army of the Pasha of Buda here. The prince captured the town for a short time and set it on fire.@#23|@December 5, 1685|Arad was taken back from the Turks.@#25|@1688|Arad was liberated from Turkish rule permanently.@#26|@1698|The palisade was repaired.@1699 - 1741|After the Peace of Karl\u00f3ca, Arad was the seat of the Military Frontier of Maros, which was a special territory under military administration along Turkish border. The Maros River formed the border between the Habsburg ruled Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.@#27|@1750|Empress Maria Theresia forbade the inhabitants of Arad to settle in the neighbourhood of the new fortress that was under construction. The town handed over the island covered with forest at the bend of the Maros River for the purpose of the construction. The regular hexagonal star shape fortress was built in Vauban style according to the plans of General Philipp Ferdinand Harsch.@between 1763 and 1783|The fortress was constructed. It had a perimeter of 3,180 metres and it covered a huge area of 730 thousand square metres. A bastion was located on each sides and it had six gates. The fortress was surrounded with ramparts and moats, which could be flooded by the water of the Maros River when needed. The fortress could accommodate 3,600 soldiers and 296 cannons.@#28|@March 17, 1848|Local youths read the 12 points of the Hungarian Revolution out loud in the Hirschl Theatre and recited the National Song (Nemzeti dal) written by Pet\u0151fi S\u00e1ndor. The town's council accepted the 12 points on 20 March, but the fortress remained under Habsburg command.@June 28, 1849|Hungarian forces captured the fortress of Arad after nine months of bloody siege. The imperials left the fortress in accordance with the agreement. The Austrian garrison bombarded the town incessantly during the siege. Arad became the new centre of the Hungarian war of independence.@August 11, 1849|Kossuth Lajos ceded the supreme command of the Hungarian military to General G\u00f6rgey Art\u00far in Arad.@August 17, 1849|General Damjanich J\u00e1nos gave up the fortress after the Hungarians surrendered to the Russians at Vil\u00e1gos. The Austrian commander Haynau moved his headquarters to Arad afterwards.@October 6, 1849|13 Hungarian military commanders (12 generals and 1 colonel) were executed in Arad as retaliation for the Hungarian war of independence. The executions were ordered by Haynau. A stone obelisk was raised on the supposed site of the executions in 1881. The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1890 in memory of the martyrs and the Hungarian war of independence in the main square. The statue was torn down by the Romanian invaders in 1925. The Statue of Liberty could only be re-erected in 2004 in a much less spectacular location next to a Romanian triumphal arch.@#30|@#31|@#36|&aradvaros.com: Arad t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete|https:\/\/www.aradvaros.com\/scurt-istoric\nacta.bibl.u-szeged.hu: Arad r\u00f6vid t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete|http:\/\/acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu\/4976\/1\/belvedere_2004_007_008_035-040.pdf"}],"sights":[{"sightId":1542,"townId":64,"active":2,"name_LO":"","address":"Parcul Reconcilierii","mapdata":"1|842|2371","gps_lat":"46.1708817692","gps_long":"21.3091496460","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"38","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Szabadsag-szobor-Arad-557","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=198","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Statue of Liberty","seolink":"statue-of-liberty","note":"","history":"On 6 October 1849, 13 Hungarian military officers (12 generals and 1 colonel) were executed in Arad. The executions were ordered by Haynau after the the Habsburg Empire managed to suppress the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence with Russian military intervention.@\nThe monumental memorial to the martyrs of Arad, the work by Zala Gy\u00f6rgy, was re-erected in 2004 in what was originally Attila Square (now Reconciliation Park).@\nThe sculptor Husz\u00e1r Adolf was commissioned to make the monument in 1877, but he died soon after. His plans were modified by Zala Gy\u00f6rgy. Zala began work on the anniversary of the martyrs' deaths on 6 October 1885. The first figure to be completed was the Awakening Freedom in the spring of 1886, followed by the figures of the Readiness to Fight and the Sacrifice in the summer of 1887. The Dying Warrior and the Hungaria, the main figure of the group, were left at the end.@\nThe statue was inaugurated on 6 October 1890 in Liberty Square (today Avram Iancu Square). The ceremony was attended by family members of the martyrs (Mrs Damjanich J\u00e1nos, daughter of General Schweidel, son of General Leiningen) and Klapka Gy\u00f6rgy, one of the officers of the Hungarian War of Independence.@\nAfter the Romanian occupation, the idea of dismantling the statue was immediately raised. In 1923, the monument was boarded up to prevent vandalism. In 1925, the monument was removed by decree 1512\/925 of the Romanian government led by Ion I. C. Br\u0103tianu, and afterwards it was stored in various places, most recently in the moat of the Arad Castle.@\nOn 6 October 1999, the Statue of Liberty was moved to the courtyard of the Minorite monastery by the government led by Radu Vasile, following an agreement between Hungary and Romania. It was here that the restoration process began. The statue was unveiled in its new location on 25 April 2004. In the new location, in Fireman's Square, which has been named \u0022Reconciliation Park\u0022, the monument stands opposite a 9 m high triumphal arch, dedicated to Avram Iancu and his rebels.@\nAvram Iancu committed genocide among the Hungarians during the Hungarian War of Independence, taking advantage of the Hungarian forces being busy with the liberation of Transylvania from Habsburg oppression.@\nOn 13 April 2011, a diadem, a dagger and a sword were stolen from the statue.@\nOn 14 February 2015, six of the bronze reliefs depicting the thirteen martyrs were painted in Romanian national colours - red, yellow and blue - and inscriptions were written on the pedestal using black spray paint to insult the Hungarians.\n&\nwikipedia: Szabads\u00e1g-szobor (Arad)|https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Szabads%C3%A1g-szobor_(Arad)"},{"sightId":1543,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Pia\u021ba 13 Martiri","mapdata":"2|858|1317","gps_lat":"46.1621896598","gps_long":"21.3324910372","religion":0,"oldtype":"38,41","newtype":"38,41","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Aradi-vertanuk-emlekmuve-es-sirboltja-Arad-1","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=198","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022K\u00e1roly Cserna\n, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Memorial_of_the_13_Martyrs_of_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Memorial of the 13 Martyrs of Arad\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/92\/Memorial_of_the_13_Martyrs_of_Arad.jpg\/512px-Memorial_of_the_13_Martyrs_of_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Memorial_of_the_13_Martyrs_of_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003EK\u00e1roly Cserna\u003C\/a\u003E, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Monument and Tomb of the Martyrs of Arad","seolink":"monument-and-tomb-of-the-martyrs-of-arad","note":"","history":"On 6 October 1849, 13 Hungarian military officers (12 generals and 1 colonel) were executed in Arad. The executions were ordered by Haynau after the the Habsburg Empire managed to suppress the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence with Russian military intervention.@\nUntil the excavations of 1932, when the remains of the martyrs buried at the base of the gallows were found, this place was remembered as the site of executions.@\nOn 16 June 1867, a week after the coronation of Franz Joseph I, a call for the erection of a memorial column was published in the Arad daily newspaper Alf\u00f6ld, by Tiszti Lajos, the editor of the newspaper. In 1867, a 13-branched, withered mulberry tree and a cross were placed in the supposed place of the gallows. In 1871, the first modest memorial stone was erected on the field of Zsigmondh\u00e1za in their place, under the care of the members of the Arad Defence Association. It was a rectangular carved stone, a foot and a half high, bearing only the date of execution, 6 October 1849.@\nAlso in 1873, the Arad Defence Association had a statue made by Aradi Zsigmond erected in the town's pedestrian square, intended as a memorial to the heroes who fell in 1849.@\nIn 1874, with the support of the patriotic citizens of the town, the National Defence Assembly had a larger stone monument erected on the presumed site of the executions. However, it was also hidden among the crops of the farmland, and the Maros, which had left its bed, covered it with mud and silt.@\nIn 1878, Haeffner Ern\u0151, the Comptroller General of Gy\u0151r, initiated the construction of a monument on the site of the execution of the martyrs of Arad and the declaration of 6 October as a national day of mourning.@\nThe monument that still stands today was built in 1881. The artificial hill, with 15 steps leading up to the top, highlights the dark grey granite obelisk from the plain. The obelisk was made in the studio of Jablonszky Vince in Budapest. On one side is the date of the day of mourning: 6 October 1849, on the other the names of the thirteen officers, in the order of their execution.\nExcavations in 1932 succeeded in identifying the remains of the martyrs at the actual site of the execution.@\nThe ashes of all those who were identified in 1932 and all those, who were known to have been burried in Arad County were reburied in small coffins under the obelisk on the 125th anniversary on 6 October 1974. On that occasion, a bilingual white marble plaque was placed. The remains of the martyrs were previously kept in the Museum of the Relics. The remains of Leiningen Westerburg K\u00e1roly from Borosjen\u0151 and Damjanich J\u00e1nos and Lahner Gy\u00f6rgy from M\u00e1csa were brought to Arad at this time. Kiss Ern\u0151 is buried in Elem\u00e9r (Serbia) and Dessewffy Arisztid in Margonya (Slovakia).@\nNone of the heroes rest in the country for which they gave their lives because of the Trianon Dictate.\n&\nmagyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu: Arad l\u00e1tnival\u00f3i fot\u00f3kon|https:\/\/www.magyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu\/arad\/"},{"sightId":1544,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Biserica Catolic\u0103 Sf. Anton de Padova","mapdata":"1|1605|2121","gps_lat":"46.1723949232","gps_long":"21.3156822495","religion":1,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Paduai-Szent-Antal-templom-Arad-1022","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=205","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Cathedral, Minorite Church","seolink":"st-anthony-of-padua-roman-catholic-cathedral-minorite-church","note":"","history":"The Minorite church was built between 1902-1903 in eclectic style on the site of the former Baroque church, according to the plans of Tabakovits Emil. The interior design was delayed, and the church was consecrated in 1911. After their liberation, the sculptures of the Statue of Liberty, removed by the Romanian invaders in 1925, were kept in the courtyard.@\nThe Catholic Church resumed its activities in Arad at the end of the 17th century, when the Franciscan Minorite monks settled with the imperial army in the fortress of Arad, where the first Catholic church was built. The Minorites also preached in the civilian settlement and contributed to the establishment of the first Catholic church in the town at the beginning of the century.@\nThe foundation stone of the Catholic Church of Arad was laid on 3 April 1751 by Bishop Franz Anton Engl von Wagrain of Csan\u00e1d, and on 13 April 1758 the church was consecrated and handed over to the Minorites. Between 1901 and 1903 the old church was demolished. The new church in neo-Baroque style, designed by Tabakovits Emil, was built by 1906, but it was not consecrated until 2 October 1911. Above the entrance is a copy of Michelangelo's Piet\u00e0. Above it are statues of Jesus, St Margaret of Hungary and St Elisabeth of Hungary. The group of bronze statues of the Holy Trinity in the pronaos is by R\u00f3na J\u00e1nos. The main altarpiece depicts St. Antal of Padua. It is the work of Vastagh Gy\u00f6rgy Sr. The church is decorated with frescoes depicting the life of Jesus by Lohr Ferenc and Bodg\u00e1nffy Pauli Erik. The stained glass windows depict Hungarian saints of the House of \u00c1rp\u00e1d: St Stephen, St L\u00e1szl\u00f3, St Imre and St Elisabeth.@\nIn the churchyard there is the Minorite Order's house of culture, built in 1926."},{"sightId":1545,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Reformat\u0103","address":"Strada Mihai Eminescu 33","mapdata":"1|919|2203","gps_lat":"46.1719199888","gps_long":"21.3098057860","religion":2,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Calvinist Church","seolink":"calvinist-church","note":"","history":"The church was built in 1847. In 1848-49 it was a war hospital, as it was not yet furnished. The pastor at the time was Bal\u00f3 Benj\u00e1min, who fled from Br\u00e1d to Arad after many Hungarian civilians were killed there in the Vlach uprisings. His wife and his one-year-old son also died on the way. Nevertheless, he was the pastor of the two Protestant martyrs, Count Leiningen-Westerburg K\u00e1roly and Dessewffy Aristid, who were executed on 6 October 1849. But he also buried a colonel executed before them, Ormai Norbert, and Kazinczy Lajos, executed after them on 25 October.@\nHorthy Mikl\u00f3s had his wedding in the Reformed Church in 1901 with Purgly Magdolna in front of Cs\u00e9csei Imre, the pastor of the time.\n&\nmagyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu: Arad l\u00e1tnival\u00f3i fot\u00f3kon|https:\/\/www.magyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu\/arad\/"},{"sightId":1546,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Ro\u0219ie","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei 61","mapdata":"1|2134|1284","gps_lat":"46.1774446722","gps_long":"21.3201273484","religion":3,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"http:\/\/www.evangluth-arad.ro\/a-templom-tortenete\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Lutheranus-templom-Arad-1020","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=203","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Lutheran Church, Red Church","seolink":"lutheran-church-red-church","note":"","history":"The foundation stone was laid on 15 March 1905 and inaugurated in September 1906. The neo-Gothic Lutheran church was designed by Sz\u00e1ntay Lajos in Main Street (formerly known as Andr\u00e1ssy Avenue). The altar and the pulpit are the work of the master altar builder \u00d6rr Gy\u00f6rgy from Kassa. The stained glass windows were made by Palka J\u00f3zsef, a glass painter from Budapest."},{"sightId":1547,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica s\u00e2rbeasc\u0103 Sf. 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It was built in Baroque style. It took on its present appearance between 1790 and 1822, when Sava Tekelij, the founder's great-grandson, had the tower raised by Russian masters. It is the oldest building still standing in Arad."},{"sightId":1548,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Catedrala Na\u0219terea Sf\u00e2ntului Ioan Botez\u0103torul din Arad","address":"Pia\u0163a Catedralei 1.","mapdata":"1|1171|2449","gps_lat":"46.1704679459","gps_long":"21.3117541022","religion":5,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Roman-ortodox-szekesegyhaz-Arad-1023","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=199","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Mister No, CC BY 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Catedrala_Na%C5%9Fterea_Sf%C3%A2ntului_Ioan_Botez%C4%83torul_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Catedrala Na\u015fterea Sf\u00e2ntului Ioan Botez\u0103torul - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1f\/Catedrala_Na%C5%9Fterea_Sf%C3%A2ntului_Ioan_Botez%C4%83torul_-_panoramio.jpg\/512px-Catedrala_Na%C5%9Fterea_Sf%C3%A2ntului_Ioan_Botez%C4%83torul_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Catedrala_Na%C5%9Fterea_Sf%C3%A2ntului_Ioan_Botez%C4%83torul_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003EMister No\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Nativity of St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Cathedral","seolink":"nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist-romanian-orthodox-cathedral","note":"","history":"The church was built between 1862 and 65 on the initiative of Bishop Procopie Ivascovici, based on the plans of architect Czigler Antal from Gyula, in the late Baroque, Zopf style. Its main sponsors were the Mocsonyi family and the Viennese banker Sina Gy\u00f6rgy. The gable between the two slender towers dominating the main western facade was only built between 1905 and 1906, when the church was renovated."},{"sightId":1549,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Str. Dun\u0103rii 170","mapdata":"","gps_lat":"46.2186042513","gps_long":"21.2729774733","religion":5,"oldtype":"5","newtype":"5","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Oszlopos-Simeon-ortodox-kolostor-Arad-1021","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=188","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Sven Teschke, B\u00fcdingen, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arad_Kirche_der_Apostel_Petrus_und_Paulus_3902.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Arad Kirche der Apostel Petrus und Paulus 3902\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/85\/Arad_Kirche_der_Apostel_Petrus_und_Paulus_3902.jpg\/512px-Arad_Kirche_der_Apostel_Petrus_und_Paulus_3902.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arad_Kirche_der_Apostel_Petrus_und_Paulus_3902.jpg\u0022\u003ESven Teschke, B\u00fcdingen\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 DE\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"St. Simeon Stylites Orthodox Monastery","seolink":"st-simeon-stylites-orthodox-monastery","note":"","history":"In 1760, the Orthodox Bishop Sinesie Jivanovici signed a contract with the master builder Egidius Ienowein of Arad to build the church and the mansion. It was built on the northern edge of the once independent village of G\u00e1j in the Baroque style. It was the Orthodox bishop's seat for two decades and then became a summer residence. In the first half of the 19th century, the church was a parish church until the separation of the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox Churches, and after the separation of the two national churches (1864) it was used only by the Romanian community until the First World War. After the Romanian invasion, a new Romanian church was built in the village centre, the old one stood empty. In 1955 the Orthodox women's monastery was founded, which is still in operation today. The new neo-Byzantine church next to it was built recently."},{"sightId":1550,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Tribunul Dobra, Cozia","mapdata":"1|1853|2772","gps_lat":"46.1685638712","gps_long":"21.3177498905","religion":6,"oldtype":"8,53","newtype":"53,8,92","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Zsinagoga-Arad-1599","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Synagogue","seolink":"synagogue","note":"","history":"Jews settled in the city in the 18th century. The synagogue was built between 1828 and 1834 in neoclassical style. 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The Museum of Relics housed a collection of the military officers executed in Arad in 1849 and of the Hungarian War of Independence. Its construction was supported by the Ministry of Public Education of Hungary with 150,000 crowns. The building is decorated with reliefs by Rubletzky G\u00e9za. Today it houses the History Museum with important 1848 memorabilia.@\nIn 1881, the K\u00f6lcsey Association of Arad was founded with the aim of collecting relics related to the Hungarian War of Independence and later opening a museum. This museum opened on 6 October 1892 on the second floor of the present theatre. It was opened permanently and inaugurated on 15 March 1893. It remained there until 1913. In 1913, it moved to the Palace of Culture designed by Sz\u00e1ntay Lajos. 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The plans for the town hall were drawn up by Lechner \u00d6d\u00f6n, but after the theatre was opened on 21 September 1874 it became clear that most of the money borrowed (HUF 800,000) had already been used up by the construction of the theatre, so the plans for the town hall were modified by local architect Pek\u00e1r Ferenc (originally designed as a two-storey building with a closed courtyard). Its style combines Flemish Renaissance and late medieval town halls. Its tower is 54 metres high and its clockwork was imported from Switzerland in 1878. The clock mechanism plays a patriotic song every full hour. A group of statues of Kossuth Lajos once stood in front of the Town Hall, but is no longer visible.\n&\nbagyinszki.eu: Arad \u2013 V\u00e1rosh\u00e1za, D\u00edszterem|https:\/\/bagyinszki.eu\/archives\/6471"},{"sightId":1554,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Revolu\u021biei 79","mapdata":"1|1887|1751","gps_lat":"46.1746746816","gps_long":"21.3180667434","religion":0,"oldtype":"11","newtype":"15","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Varmegyehaza-Arad-1785","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former County Hall","seolink":"former-county-hall","note":"","history":"The former centre of Arad Counry was built in 1821 in the neoclassical style. Its designer is unknown. For a time it was the seat of the court and there was a prison in its basement. When the county administration was expanded in 1870-71, a similar neoclassical twin building was erected opposite the building (at No 81)."},{"sightId":1555,"townId":64,"active":2,"name_LO":"Teatrul Clasic Ioan Slavici","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei 103","mapdata":"1|1612|2312","gps_lat":"46.1712769134","gps_long":"21.3157209307","religion":0,"oldtype":"91","newtype":"91","homepage":"https:\/\/teatrulclasic.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Ioan-Slavici-Szinhaz-Arad-1018","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=206","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Theatre","seolink":"theatre","note":"","history":"During Atz\u00e9l P\u00e9ter's mayoralty, the town council voted to take out a loan for the new theatre and town hall. Construction of the theatre began in 1871, based on plans by the architect Czigler Antal from Arad (or maybe his son Gy\u0151z\u0151). It was inaugurated on 21 September 1874 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph with the opening of the opera Hunyadi L\u00e1szl\u00f3. By this time, it became clear that most of the money raised for two buildings (800,000 forints) had already been used up on the construction of the theatre. The facade is neoclassical, the interior is neo-baroque. The ceilings were painted by Gy\u00f6rgy\u00f6ssy Rudolf, a painter from Arad, based on the designs of Lotz K\u00e1roly. Its huge auditorium could seat 1200 people. The building burnt down on 18 February 1883. Halmay Arad from Arad was commissioned to rebuild it. It opened in October 1885. Until 1913, when the Palace of Culture was built, the first floor of the building housed the Museum of Relics, a collection of the memories of the military officers executed in Arad in 1849 and the Hungarian War of Independence. The interior was decorated by the sculptor T\u00f3th Andr\u00e1s, father of the poet T\u00f3th \u00c1rp\u00e1d. In 1949 the Hungarian section was closed down. It burnt down again in 1955. During its reconstruction the interior was significantly modified. The columns of the main facade were also added at this time by Milos Cristea, with a group of sculptures in the timpanum in the style of socialist realism."},{"sightId":1556,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Teatrul vechi","address":"Strada Gheorghe Laz\u0103r 3","mapdata":"1|1802|2585","gps_lat":"46.1696417889","gps_long":"21.3173381768","religion":0,"oldtype":"91,94","newtype":"121","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Old Theatre, Hirschl Theatre","seolink":"old-theatre-hirschl-theatre","note":"","history":"The theatre was built between 1817-1818 in Baroque style by Jakob Hirschl, an Arad merchant of Viennese origin. In the beginning, German and Hungarian companies, travelling companies, with actors such as D\u00e9ryn\u00e9 Sz\u00e9ppataki R\u00f3za (1793-1872) and Pet\u0151fi S\u00e1ndor, performed in the hall. After the construction of the new theatre (1874), the old theatre was converted into a prop store, and in 1907 the city's first permanent cinema, the Urania, was opened here, which operated until 1967."},{"sightId":1557,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Vechiul Cazinou","address":"Strada Ioan Dr\u0103g\u0103lina 14","mapdata":"1|2185|2148","gps_lat":"46.1722279295","gps_long":"21.3206750347","religion":0,"oldtype":"93","newtype":"121","homepage":"https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aradi_kaszin%C3%B3","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Silenzio76, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cazinoul_din_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Cazinoul din Arad\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Cazinoul_din_Arad.jpg\/512px-Cazinoul_din_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cazinoul_din_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003ESilenzio76\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former Casino","seolink":"former-casino","note":"","history":"It was built in 1872 in neo-Baroque style."},{"sightId":1558,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Colegiul Na\u021bional Moise Nicoar\u0103","address":"Bulevardul General Dragalina","mapdata":"1|2075|2379","gps_lat":"46.1709100144","gps_long":"21.3196942107","religion":0,"oldtype":"74","newtype":"74","homepage":"https:\/\/www.moisenicoara.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Mister No, CC BY 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Colegiul_Na%C5%A3ional_Moise_Nicoar%C4%83_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Colegiul Na\u0163ional Moise Nicoar\u0103 - panoramio\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/97\/Colegiul_Na%C5%A3ional_Moise_Nicoar%C4%83_-_panoramio.jpg\/512px-Colegiul_Na%C5%A3ional_Moise_Nicoar%C4%83_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Colegiul_Na%C5%A3ional_Moise_Nicoar%C4%83_-_panoramio.jpg\u0022\u003EMister No\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former Hungarian Royal State Grammar School","seolink":"former-hungarian-royal-state-grammar-school","note":"","history":"Designed by J\u00f3zsef Diescher.@\nThe history of education at secondary school level in Arad began in 1745, when the Minorite Order founded a school, which operated as a six-form grammar school until 1872, when it became a state institution. A new building for the grammar school was constructed at the turn of the century. It was known as the Royal High School until 1919. The educational institution was then taken over by the Romanian state, which meant that secondary education in Hungarian practically ceased in the town, which had Hungarian majority. Since only denominational schools were legally allowed to provide education in minority languages, the Hungarian community of Arad joined forces with the Catholic Church to found the Roman Catholic High School, and in 1922, with public donations and parental support, the school building was constructed - the ownership of the building was transferred by the parents to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temesv\u00e1r.\n&\ntransindex.ro: A v\u00e1ros, amelyr\u0151l mindenkinek csak a v\u00e9rtan\u00fak jutnak az esz\u00e9be. 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Since only denominational schools were legally allowed to provide education in minority languages, the Hungarian community of Arad joined forces with the Catholic Church to found the Roman Catholic High School, and in 1922, with public donations and parental support, the school building was constructed - the ownership of the building was transferred by the parents to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temesv\u00e1r.\n&\ntransindex.ro: A v\u00e1ros, amelyr\u0151l mindenkinek csak a v\u00e9rtan\u00fak jutnak az esz\u00e9be. De mi a jelene \u00e9s a j\u00f6v\u0151je?|https:\/\/multikult.transindex.ro\/?cikk=28087&a_varos_amelyrol_mindenkinek_csak_a_vertanuk_jutnak_az_eszebe._de_mi_a_jelene_es_a_jovoje?"},{"sightId":1560,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei 72","mapdata":"1|1899|1467","gps_lat":"46.1763027577","gps_long":"21.3181896648","religion":0,"oldtype":"84","newtype":"120","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Savings Bank of Arad-Csan\u00e1d","seolink":"former-savings-bank-of-arad-csanad","note":"","history":"The building was built in 1909-1910 for the Arad-Csan\u00e1di Savings Bank, based on the plans of Hubert J\u00f3zsef in eclectic style."},{"sightId":1561,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei","mapdata":"1|1932|1664","gps_lat":"46.1751061979","gps_long":"21.3183943281","religion":0,"oldtype":"15","newtype":"15","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Palace of Financial Administration, Treasury","seolink":"palace-of-financial-administration-treasury","note":"","history":"Towards the end of the 19th century, it was built in an eclectic style, with Viennese Rococo features."},{"sightId":1562,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Palatul Justi\u021biei","address":"Bd. 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In the arched recess protected by a locked metal railing on one corner of the house, the Ironed Stump, the symbol of the Arad guilds, was placed. The guild stump was made by a sculptor from Temesv\u00e1r, Moritz Heim, on the commission of the Macedo-Romanian merchant Andrei Trandafir. In fact, it is a piece of tree trunk covered with a metal plate. Freed apprentices from the guild centres of Europe came to Arad to specialise, and as a sign that they had been here, they hammered different shaped rivets into the stump. 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The municipal library opened in 1913 in the Palace of Culture. It moved to its current building in 1984."},{"sightId":1580,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul General Dragalina 30","mapdata":"1|2136|2747","gps_lat":"46.1687147616","gps_long":"21.3201373507","religion":0,"oldtype":"16","newtype":"74","homepage":"https:\/\/szk.miraheze.org\/wiki\/Az_aradi_%C3%96sszetart%C3%A1s_p%C3%A1holy_p%C3%A1holyh%C3%A1za","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Concordia Masonic Lodge","seolink":"former-concordia-masonic-lodge","note":"","history":"In 1870, the St. John's order lodge named after Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n was founded in Arad, and in 1871, the Pet\u0151fi lodge in \u00dajarad. In addition to the two lodges, a Scottish rite lodge called Fraternitas started its activities in 1870. After eight to ten years of activity, all three lodges in Arad faded out and decided to temporarily cease. In 1888, some of the former members decided to form and build a new lodge under the name of Concordia. In 1902, the land opposite the Teacher Training College was purchased, and by 1905 the ornate neoclassical building, designed by Tabakovics Mil\u00e1n, known as Emil, was built, resembling a high church. The building was inaugurated as a lodge house on 21 October 1905. By 1908 the membership had grown to 126. Today it serves as the ceremonial hall of the Aurel Vlaicu group of educational institutions."},{"sightId":1581,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Colegiul Na\u021bional Preparandia - Dimitrie \u021aichindeal","address":"Bulevardul General Dragalina 5-7","mapdata":"1|2206|2706","gps_lat":"46.1689514384","gps_long":"21.3209072147","religion":0,"oldtype":"75","newtype":"74","homepage":"https:\/\/www.tichindeal.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Hungarian Royal Teacher Training Institute","seolink":"former-hungarian-royal-teacher-training-institute","note":"","history":"The building of the teacher training college was built before 1900. It was taken over by the occupying Romanians in 1919."},{"sightId":1582,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei","mapdata":"1|1978|1252","gps_lat":"46.1775878963","gps_long":"21.3188454585","religion":0,"oldtype":"50","newtype":"53","homepage":"https:\/\/bagyinszki.eu\/archives\/11906","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"House of Isp\u00e1n Urb\u00e1n Istv\u00e1n of Arad","seolink":"house-of-ispan-urban-istvan-of-arad","note":"","history":"Art Nouveau style palace."},{"sightId":1583,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Strada Mihai Eminescu 19","mapdata":"1|1123|2216","gps_lat":"46.1718829529","gps_long":"21.3115371634","religion":0,"oldtype":"53,72","newtype":"53,72","homepage":"https:\/\/bagyinszki.eu\/archives\/11909","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former F\u00f6ldes Pharmacy","seolink":"former-foldes-pharmacy","note":"","history":"Designed by Tabakovics Mil\u00e1n in Art Nouveau style."},{"sightId":1584,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Liceul Tehnologic de Electronic\u0103 \u0219i Automatiz\u0103ri Caius Iacob","address":"Pia\u021ba Academician Caius Iacob 1","mapdata":"1|2703|163","gps_lat":"46.1840701833","gps_long":"21.3251526488","religion":0,"oldtype":"85","newtype":"74","homepage":"http:\/\/www.liceulcfrarad.ro\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Lloyd Palace","seolink":"lloyd-palace","note":"","history":"The building of the Lloyd Company's headquarters was made possible after the demolition of the former Three Kings Inn and restaurant on the vacant plot at 5 Andr\u00e1ssy Square (now Revolution Avenue) . It was opened in 1909. The first floor rooms and the large hall were multifunctional. Council meetings and also balls were held here. It soon became a favourite meeting place for the economic elite of Arad.\n&\nwikipedia: A Lloyd-palota \u201etegnap\u201d \u00e9s ma|https:\/\/www.nyugatijelen.com\/allaspont\/puskel_peter\/a_lloyd_palota_tegnap_es_ma.php"},{"sightId":1585,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Calea Aurel Vlaicu","mapdata":"","gps_lat":"46.1905179768","gps_long":"21.3148518294","religion":0,"oldtype":"111","newtype":"111","homepage":"https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magyar_Automobil_R%C3%A9szv%C3%A9nyt%C3%A1rsas%C3%A1g,_Arad","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Iuliananet, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fabrica_de_ma%C5%9Fini_MARTA,_ridicat%C4%83_%C3%AEn_1905,_a_fost_prima_uzin%C4%83_de_automobile_de_pe_actualul_teritoriu_al_Rom%C3%A2niei..jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Fabrica de ma\u015fini MARTA, ridicat\u0103 \u00een 1905, a fost prima uzin\u0103 de automobile de pe actualul teritoriu al Rom\u00e2niei.\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/12\/Fabrica_de_ma%C5%9Fini_MARTA%2C_ridicat%C4%83_%C3%AEn_1905%2C_a_fost_prima_uzin%C4%83_de_automobile_de_pe_actualul_teritoriu_al_Rom%C3%A2niei..jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fabrica_de_ma%C5%9Fini_MARTA,_ridicat%C4%83_%C3%AEn_1905,_a_fost_prima_uzin%C4%83_de_automobile_de_pe_actualul_teritoriu_al_Rom%C3%A2niei..jpg\u0022\u003EIuliananet\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Former factory of MARTA (Hungarian Automobile Company)","seolink":"former-factory-of-marta-hungarian-automobile-company","note":"","history":"In Hungary, the first factory specifically designed for car production was opened in 1909 in Arad under the name Magyar Automobil R\u00e9szv\u00e9nyt\u00e1rsas\u00e1g Westinghouse Rendszer (also known as Magyar Automobil R\u00e9szv\u00e9nyt\u00e1rsas\u00e1g, Arad, abbreviated MARTA). 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AR\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Fa%C5%A3ada_Teatrului_%22Ioan_Slavici%22_din_Arad%2C_jud._AR.JPG\/512px-Fa%C5%A3ada_Teatrului_%22Ioan_Slavici%22_din_Arad%2C_jud._AR.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fa%C5%A3ada_Teatrului_%22Ioan_Slavici%22_din_Arad,_jud._AR.JPG\u0022\u003EMunteanUK\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Holy Trinity Statue","seolink":"holy-trinity-statue","note":"","history":"The plague devastated in Arad several times between 1708 and 1741. Many people died, and in 1732 the people of Arad vowed to erect a statue to the Holy Trinity where they would pray every year and to make a pilgrimage to M\u00e1riaradna once a year. The statue was erected in 1746. 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A carpenter, P\u00e1ll Andr\u00e1s, who was imprisoned with him, prepared a coffin for him and buried him in the most humble conditions under strict supervision.\n&\nmagyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu: Arad l\u00e1tnival\u00f3i fot\u00f3kon|https:\/\/www.magyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu\/arad\/"},{"sightId":1592,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei","mapdata":"1|1549|2287","gps_lat":"46.1714752655","gps_long":"21.3151399496","religion":0,"oldtype":"39","newtype":"39","homepage":"https:\/\/magyarnemzet.hu\/archivum\/kulturgrund\/emlektablat-kapott-liszt-ferenc-aradon-4386764\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Plaque of Liszt Ferenc","seolink":"plaque-of-liszt-ferenc","note":"On the wall of the former White Cross Hotel.","history":"The memorial plaque was unveiled on the wall of the former White Cross Hotel on the 165th anniversary of the composer's first performance in Arad on 8 November 2011.\n&\nmagyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu: Arad l\u00e1tnival\u00f3i fot\u00f3kon|https:\/\/www.magyarsagunkhungarikumunk.hu\/arad\/\n"},{"sightId":1593,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Strada Lucian Blaga 9.","mapdata":"1|1486|2080","gps_lat":"46.1727290693","gps_long":"21.3146137973","religion":0,"oldtype":"39","newtype":"39","homepage":"https:\/\/www.kozterkep.hu\/28354\/munkacsy-mihaly-es-az-aradi-rajziskola-emlekere#","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Plaque of Munk\u00e1csy Mih\u00e1ly","seolink":"plaque-of-munkacsy-mihaly","note":"","history":"This was once the site of a drawing school, where Munk\u00e1csy Mih\u00e1ly (1844-1900) studied the basics of painting for two years. 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The possibility of re-installing the statue at the secondary school named after Csiky Gergely was raised, but in the end it was Kocsis Rudolf's work that was unveiled in the school corridor. Csiky Gergely (1842-1891) was a Hungarian playwright and literary translator."},{"sightId":1595,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei","mapdata":"1|1947|1479","gps_lat":"46.1762264772","gps_long":"21.3185347300","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"123","homepage":"https:\/\/www.kozterkep.hu\/15269\/kossuth-lajos-szobra#","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Statue of Kossuth Lajos","seolink":"statue-of-kossuth-lajos","note":"","history":"The statue of the political leader of the Hungarian War of Independence was inaugurated on 19 September 1909 on the former Archduke Joseph Road. In 1919, following the Romanian occupation of Arad, the Romanian authorities initiated the removal of the statue, but abandoned their plans in the face of protests from the population. In the early hours of 9 March 1921, unknown assailants (i.e. coward Romanians) knocked down the side figures of the monument, and the authorities boarded up the statue. On 27 July 1925, demolition began. Its pieces were taken with the Statue of Liberty to a riding hall and later to an empty lot next to a sports field. From there, the Statue of Liberty was transported to the casemates of the Arad Castle, while the bronze figures of the Statue of Kossuth disappeared without a trace."},{"sightId":1596,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"Bulevardul Revolu\u021biei","mapdata":"1|1886|1634","gps_lat":"46.1752996260","gps_long":"21.3179976010","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"123","homepage":"https:\/\/www.kozterkep.hu\/18974\/honved-emlek#","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022K\u00e1roly Cserna\n, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_of_the_1848-49_Hungarian_Revolution_in_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Statue of the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution in Arad\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d9\/Statue_of_the_1848-49_Hungarian_Revolution_in_Arad.jpg\/256px-Statue_of_the_1848-49_Hungarian_Revolution_in_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Statue_of_the_1848-49_Hungarian_Revolution_in_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003EK\u00e1roly Cserna\u003C\/a\u003E, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Sad Arad","seolink":"sad-arad","note":"","history":"On 8 February 1849, the Hungarian army stationed in Arad and the National Guard, led by Major Asztalos S\u00e1ndor and Government Commissioner Boczk\u00f3 D\u00e1niel, defeated the Austrian soldiers attacking from the castle and the Serb and Vlach irregular troops that had entered the city in a fierce street battle. 240 Hungarian soldiers died in the fighting. It was in their memory that the sculptor Aradi Zsigmond, who was born in Arad but lived in Milan, created this sculpture and sent it directly from there to Hungary.@\nThe white Carrara marble sculpture depicts a woman kneeling to lay a wreath in memory of the city's saviours in 1849.@\nIt was inaugurated on 8 February 1873, on the 24th anniversary of the Battle of Arad, at the northern end of Andr\u00e1ssy Avenue.@\nAfter the Romanian invasion, it was removed from the public area and moved to the old cemetery, next to the graves of the soldiers who died in the battles of 1849. In 1932, after the cemetery was dismantled, the damaged statue was placed in the storage of the Arad Museum. 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They supported the Habsburg oppressors. His troops massacred thousands of Hungarian civilians, wiping out entire villages, taking advantage of the fact that the Hungarian soldiers were busy liberating Transylvania from Austrian rule."},{"sightId":1598,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|2103|1787","gps_lat":"46.1744582849","gps_long":"21.3198526306","religion":0,"oldtype":"75","newtype":"74","homepage":"http:\/\/www.colecoarad.ro\/en\/home.html","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"own","picture_ref":"","name":"Former Academy of Commerce","seolink":"former-academy-of-commerce","note":"","history":""},{"sightId":1599,"townId":64,"active":1,"name_LO":"Gara Central\u0103 Arad","address":"Pia\u021ba G\u0103rii 8-9","mapdata":"","gps_lat":"46.1894298668","gps_long":"21.3250176336","religion":0,"oldtype":"31","newtype":"31","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Station_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Station Arad\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/48\/Station_Arad.jpg\/512px-Station_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Station_Arad.jpg\u0022\u003ESmiley.toerist\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Railway Station","seolink":"railway-station","note":"","history":"The railway station building was built in 1910 according to the plans of Sz\u00e1ntay Lajos. 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