Multicultural urbanonyms in Timişoara

Abstract

The urbanonyms in Timişoara testify to the history of this city: the rule of Charles Robert of Anjou and John Hunyadi (Castelul Huniade), the Habsburg governance (Iosefin, Elisabetin), the royal rule of interwar Romania (Parcul „Regina Maria”), the communist regime (Liceul „Nikos Beloianis”), the post-communist governance (Piaţa Victoriei). The names of high schools are indicative of the ethnic and religious tolerance specific to Timişoara (Liceul Teoretic „Nikolaus Lenau”, Liceul Teoretic Maghiar „Bartók Béla”, Liceul Teoretic Sârbesc „Dositei Obradovici”, Liceul Teologic Romano-Catolic „Gerhardinum”).