Piata Unirii is the oldest square in Timisoara, in a superb baroque style. It was first called Piata Losonczy, after Stefan Losonczy who was killed by  the Turkish army in 1552, when the city was conquered by the Ottomans. The name we use today  was given after 1919, because the piazza was the destination of Romanian armies entering the city after the union with Romania.

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