Lugoj

St.Nicholas Tower

Tower - bell St. Nicholas is the oldest Lugoj vestige and belonged to the former church - monastery St. Nicholas, built in the fourteenth and fifteenth century. There is no solid data on the year of the construction.

Assumption Orthodox Church

It is one of the most impressive baroque buildings in Banat. It was built between 1759-1766, founded by Gabriel Gurean, and was declared a historical monument. The church is a large building: length 42 m, width 21.5 m, 15.7 m height to dome vaults, iconostasis without canopy height of 9.3 m. The total height reaches 57 m. In the space with great acoustics of the church, the famous chorus "Ion Vidu" of the Lugoj Culture House supports traditional annual Easter concert.

Joseph Constatin Drăgan Square

The market is positioned between Iron Bridge and City Hall.It is tangent with Andrei Saguna st. and named after the businessman and philanthropist Joseph Constantin Drăgan. The imposing structure of the market is the Greek Catholic Cathedral, built in classical style between 1843 to 1854. Each year the Lugoj Day is celebrated on December 20 , recalling that in December 1989 Lugoj was the second free city in Romania.

Iron Bridge

Iron Bridge, a symbol of Lugoj, was inaugurated in August 1902, replacing the old wooden bridge, demolished a year earlier. By building the bridge, the two sides of Timis have been systematized. For 35 years, it represented the only possible river crossing. To build the bridge over 185 tons of iron were brought from Resita. The huge amount of metal was transported using carts pulled by oxes.

Old Prefecture

This building was built between 1843 -1859 and served as administrative head of county Severin 1860-1880 and Caras-Severin 1881-1926, and the Prefecture of Severin County 1927-1948. It is a monumental building that closes the east side of Joseph Constantin Dragan Square. The facade is imposing, sober, with aspects of neoclassical architecture.Over time, the interior was much altered, while preserving intact interior stairways and the floor, which were made of massive tree trunks.

Romano-Catholic Church

Between 1718 and 1723, on the left bank of the Timis River, about 300 m from the river, the new city German Lugoj, was built the monastery Convent of the Order of St. Francis of Assisi.The building which exists today, much altered, was built between 1733-1735 by the monks.The first tower was built on 16 pillars of oak.In 1805 rose the second tower and then the church gets all four bells. In 1828 the clock tower was installed and the organ dates from 1832.

Museum of History and Ethnography

The building was built between 1898 - 1899, with an imposing facade, decorated with taste and refinement in baroque style.In the center of the roof rises a truncated pyramid and above a small dome which is finished with a kind of flag. The nearly 65,000 objects stored in the museum and its storage offers visitors extensive opportunities to know the history, culture and civilization of these lands.

Old Post Inn

Coach station on the way to Transylvania, the building was erected on the ruins of a building that existed since the XVI century.

City Hall

The building was built between 1903-1905, for the financial direction of the Caras-Severin County and, later, the Severin County 1927, part of the Imperial Treasury. It is a monumental building, neoclassical-style, with basement, ground and two floors.