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Blașcovici (deprecated: Colonia Blascovici; ; ) is a district of
Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...
. At the beginning of the 20th century, Blașcovici was a colony of Mehala. Before that, a wealthy family of
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
canons, the Blaskovits, lived here. It is said that they had a house somewhere near the former headquarters of the Traffic Police, from where, so far as
Ronaț Ronaț (; ) is a district located on the western outskirts of Timișoara. It is a district where houses and villas predominate, which means a low population density. History A rural settlement from the Daco-Roman era (2nd–4th centuries AD) an ...
, the garden of their estate stretched. The parcelling of the area began around 1900; the first streets in the district appeared on the place of the former garden.


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Districts of Timișoara {{Timiș-geo-stub