The Evangelist Church


       Our road takes us back again to the Doicesti Square, where,
   right across from the Dicasterial Palace, on the corner with Dr.
   Russel Square, a building can be remarked; in its walls, into a
   niche, an iron axis is fixed, 2,5 meters long, dating from the
   XVIII century, and serving as an emblem.

       Near the "Iron Axis" house, there is the Evangelist Church,
   building finished in 1839 and blessed on October 27, the same
   year. The parish house dates from 1832 and is next to the
   church, in its backyard being another building that was the
   confessional evangelist school; in 1825 the school had one
   elementary class for boys, and in 1869 added a class for girls,
   but was closed in 1869 because other schools were opened and the
   city cut its financing. Entering the backyard through the arch
   of the parish house gate, you might be filed by a romantic
   nostalgia. Going out of the backyard, you have a view that
   underlines the idea that the old lives with the new in this
   town. From one side, the Bastion a part left from the fortress
   of the XVIII century- is guarding, on the other side, the
   fountain of the Cardinal Points, as well as, the block of flats
   rising on the Take Ionescu Boulevard complete the scene.
   The left part of the fortifications, in a star shape, is known
   under the name of Bastion and is placed between the streets,
   Popa Sapca, Buftea and the Take Ionescu Boulevard; the main
   entrance is on the Popa Sapca Street, at number 4; the roof was
   raised in 1908; the last restoration was done between 1971-1972.

       The Bastion houses today, at the second floor, the Art and
   Ethnic section of the Museum of Banat; wood sculptures, costumes
   and head ornaments from both Romanian folklore and other
   nationalities living in Banat can be admired here. A fur shop,
   rural furniture from Romanian, German, Hungarian, and Serbian
   houses, can also be seen; other rooms contain glass icons,
   ceramics and other things.  There are also several other rooms
   that house art shows, conferences, the county library, old books
   store, a bar, a patisserie, and a wine cellar.