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Straddling the Mures River and occupying parts of both Crisana province and Banat, Arad traces its history back to the 11th century. Arad developed as a major trading post during the Turkish occupation, between 1551 and 1699. After 1699, the city was ruled by the Habsburg Monarchy and in 1834 Arad was declared a ‘free royal town’ by Emperor Francis I of Austria.<\/p>\n
Today, Arad is an important industrial center and transportation hub, as well as home to two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training school for teachers, and a music conservatory.
\nChurches and cathedrals in the city span four centuries, several denominations, and architectural styles ranging from baroque to neoclassic.<\/p>\n
Arad County is also home to some important Orthodox monasteries, such as the ones from Hodos-Bodrog (dating from 1177), Bezdin (dating from 1334), Gai (built in 1760-1762), the Sf. Maria \u2013 Radna Franciscan Monastery (built in 1727 \u2013 1826), the Princely Orthodox Church from Halmagiu (dating back to the 14th century), the Roman-Catholic Church from S\u00e2npetru German (built in 1774).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”281″ img_size=”600×300″ alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”282″ img_size=”600×300″ alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”286″ img_size=”600×300″ alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Arad is a city of impressive buildings and architecture, with many of the main sights located along the principal thoroughfare, the broad, tree-lined, Bulevardul Revolutiei<\/strong> with trams running along it. These include the impressive white City Hall Palace <\/strong>(1875), the Palace of Culture <\/strong>(1911-1916), the neo-gothic and secessionist-style Red Church <\/strong>(1906), the large, domed Roman Catholic Church<\/strong> (1902-1904) and the neo-classical State Theatre <\/strong>(1874).<\/p>\n There are also some delightful examples of art nouveau, in particular along Strada Closca and around Piata Avram Iancu<\/strong>, such as Bohus Palace<\/strong>. There is also an extensive open air market in the older part of the town, west of Piata Avram Iancu, overshadowed by the tall towers of the baroque Orthodox Cathedral<\/strong> (1865) and nearby the old water tower<\/strong> (1896) being restored as a museum. At the corner with Strada Mihai Eminescu you will find the Secessionist Grozavescu<\/strong> Pharmacy <\/strong>(Farmacia Grozavescu)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>which has preserved its original interior.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XFAfome0hlk”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/8cGlCfPWYfc”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”This conference is exclusiv on-line!” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Arad City Highlights Straddling the Mures River and occupying parts of both Crisana province and Banat, Arad traces its history back to the 11th century. Arad developed as a major trading post during the Turkish occupation, between 1551 and 1699. After 1699, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofa-org.eu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}