Velența (, hu, Váradvelence) is a quarter, or district, in eastern

Oradea Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...

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. The quarter is crossed by the E60 European Road, and has retained many of its old buildings, escaping the massive

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

urbanisation programme.

History

Its name Velence means

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

in Hungarian, as this settlement served as the home for the Venetian builders who worked on the expansion of the Fortress. It was legally considered a separate town until 1872, when it merged with Orașu Nou ( hu, Várad-Újváros), Olosig ( hu, Várad-Olaszi) and

Subcetate Subcetate ( hu, Gyergyóvárhegy, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Burgberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Călnaci (''Kalnács''), Duda (''Dudád''), Filpea (''Fülpe''), and Subcetate. ...

( hu, Várad-Váralja) to form

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