Timișoara · Romania

Piața Victoriei (Timișoara)

Victory Square

Square & Streetgoogle verified

~45 min

easy

8/10

contemplative

A local would say...

100,000 people gathered here on December 20, 1989 — the crowd that ended communism in Romania

The grand boulevard square flanked by the National Theatre & Opera House and the Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral. It was here that 100,000 people gathered on December 20, 1989 — the crowd that broke Ceaușescu's regime. A memorial to victims stands at the square's south end.