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Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara
The Ascension Cathedral, commonly known as the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (; ), is the cathedral of the Eparchy of Temišvar, Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Timișoara. Located in the Union Square, Timișoara, Union Square of Cetate, Timișoara, Cetate district, the building is one of the three Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox church (building), churches in the city together with the St. George Serbian Church, Timișoara, St. George Church in Fabric, Timișoara, Fabric district and the St. Nicholas Serbian Church, Timișoara, St. Nicholas Church in the Avram Iancu Square of Mehala district. History In 1737 (according to other sources 1728), during the Great Plague of 1738, plague epidemic in the city, the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral that originally stood on this site burned down. The present church was built in Baroque architecture, Baroque style between 1744 and 1748 by order of the Serbian Orthodox Bishop Georgije Popović. The church was built from the donations of the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin which separated from the Italo-Western languages, Western Romance languages in the course of the period from the 5th to the 8th centuries. To distinguish it within the Eastern Romance languages, in comparative linguistics it is called ''#Dialects, Daco-Romanian'' as opposed to its closest relatives, Aromanian language, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian. It is also spoken as a minority language by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania (Romanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Romanians in Hungary, Hungary, Romanians in Serbia, Serbia and Romanians in Ukraine, Ukraine), and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
