Pleven Square

Coordinates: 45°44′52″N 21°13′15″E / 45.74778°N 21.22083°E / 45.74778; 21.22083
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Pleven Square
Piața Plevnei
City square
Former name(s): Doja Square
View of Pleven Square
Length199.15 m[1]
Architectural styleSecession
OwnerTimișoara City Hall
LocationTimișoara, Romania
Coordinates: 45°44′52″N 21°13′15″E / 45.74778°N 21.22083°E / 45.74778; 21.22083

Pleven Square (

historic monument.[2]

The area has been landscaped and the surrounding buildings have been built since 1903. Initially it was called Dózsa tér, and from 1919 Pleven Square. The square, rectangular in shape, borders on the north with General Henri Berthelot Street (former Caraiman Street), and on the south with Mitropolit Ioan Mețianu Street (former Brașov Street). In the middle of the square lies the Gheorghe Doja Park. Around the park the buildings are exclusively residential, in Art Nouveau style, forming a homogeneous architectural ensemble.[3]

History

Before 1892, this area was east of the border of the non aedificandi belt, on which it was forbidden to build until the renunciation of the military fortification character of the

peasant uprising of 1514, Gheorghe Doja. From 1919, following the annexation of Banat to the Kingdom of Romania, it was renamed Pleven Square, a name it still bears today.[6] Shortly after the parcellation of the land, between 1903 and 1910, the east, north and west sides of the square were completed with buildings specific to the Secession style, forming one of the most elegant architectural ensembles of the city.[4][10] The artist who made a remarkable contribution to the construction of buildings in this area is architect Martin Gemeinhardt. His facades are distinguished by lush decorations, with numerous floral and animal motifs.[10] Gemeinhardt was one of the first architects of the Secession style in Timișoara, his works belonging to the so-called "floral phase".[7] The south side of the square was completed after 1919 with villas.[3] This side is not part of the urban site Old Iosefin
, but only of its protection zone.

Gheorghe Doja Park

The Gheorghe Doja Park, also known as Pleven Park, is a 0.52-

Gheorghe Doja, made in 1957 by Andrei Szobotka and the sculptural ensemble "Lesson about the cube", by Linda Menczel.[12]

There were also plans for a botanical garden in this area. In this regard, in 1877, the municipality handed the former pig market over to the Society of Natural Sciences of Banat (founded in 1873). Due to the lack of necessary funds, the society had to give up the project.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Dicționar explicativ al denumirii străzilor din Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria municipiului Timișoara. 2015. p. 210.
  2. ^ "Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Timiș" (PDF). Direcția Județeană pentru Cultură Timiș. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d Rusu, Raluca; Ciobotă, Alexandru; Moldovan, Mihai (13 December 2019). "Piața Plevnei". Heritage of Timișoara.
  4. ^ a b Opriș, Mihai (1987). Timișoara – Mică monografie urbanistică. Editura Tehnică. pp. 132–139.
  5. ^ Glăvan, Ciprian (2013). "Defortificarea cetății Timișoara" (PDF). Analele Banatului, S.N., Arheologie – Istorie. XXI: 421–430.
  6. ^ a b Botescu, Mihai; Opriș, Mihai; Szekernyés, János (2011). XI Piața Plevnei, fosta Piață Doja. Monitorul Primăriei municipiului Timișoara.
  7. ^ a b Rovența, Loredana (13 June 2015). "Clădirile somptuoase din Piața Plevnei". Merg.În.
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  9. ^ "City map of 1913". Banaterra.
  10. ^ a b Păun, Liana (11 May 2014). "Casele vechi din Elisabetin, între ruine și bijuterii". pressalert.ro.
  11. ^ "Cadrul natural și peisagistic al municipiului Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria municipiului Timișoara. 2010. p. 23.
  12. ^ "Piața Plevnei". Elisabetin House.
  13. ^ Kakucs, Lajos (2015). "De la Fântâna Pașei de pe lângă Mănăstirea Dervișilor până la Parcul Rozelor. Contribuții la istoria parcurilor din Timișoara" (PDF). Analele Banatului, S.N., Arheologie – Istorie. XXIII: 343–384.
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