Banatia


       At the end of the Victory s Boulevard, there is another
    boulevard, where in December 1989 history was written,
    generically called The Revolution from Timisoara. This is the
    area where our attention is caught by the architectural assembly
    formed by the actual building of the Medicine and Pharmacy
    Institute (the former Roman Catholic Theological Seminary), and
    the County of Timis edifice.

       In the building where the Medicine and Pharmacy Institute
    resides today since 1945, it used to be, long ago, a center of
    the cultural life and German school: Banatia.  After the first
    World War, due to the tolerant attitude of the Romanian state
    and its people, a revitalization of the spirit and national
    feelings of the Germans from Banat took place, demanding
    more German schools and teachers. The edifice of Banatia was
    built under these conditions by the "Banatia-Hausban" Society
    with private donations, on the land belonging to the Roman
    Catholic diocese. The construction was started in 1924 after the
    plans of the architects Matthias Hubert and Michael Wolf. The
    style is neoclassic with eclectic ornamental motifs. The
    building was blessed on August 26, 1926, by the bishop Dr.
    Augustin Pacha; the local German newspaper "Temeswarer Zeitung",
    or "The Timisoaranean Newspaper", said that delegations from all
    German villages from Banat were present at this event [25].
    Next to the Banatia building there is the dorm for the Medicine
    students. This is the former building of the Roman Catholic
    Theological Seminary built in 1913; Dr. Julius von Glattfelder
    was the bishop then. During the years 1976-1977, this building
    was modernized (another new wing was added) by the architect
    Aurelia Fackelmann. The bust of the great Romanian thinker and
    1848 revolutionary from Banat, Eftimie Murgu, 1805-1870, is in
    front of the medicine and Pharmacy Institute. The sculptor Artur
    Vetro from Timisoara did this art work (1919).

       The edifice that houses the County, an imposing building
    initially destined to the girl school "Sofia Imbroane", is
    rising. in the same perimeter facing The Revolution Boulevard at
    number 17. The original plans, from 1933, signed by the
    architect Matthias Hubert and his associates Cornel Liuba, and
    Edmund Stanzel, were revised by the architect Victor Vlad and
    his associates to become an administrative edifice. The County
    Palace was raised between 1939-1943 under the leadership of the
    builder Constantin Purcariu; the style is a successful
    combination between modern and classic.