Situated in the Western part of Romania, with its 317.660 inhabitants, Timisoara is the second most populated city in Romania, after the capital Bucharest. With a rich history, Timisoara is undoubtedly the most multicultural city in Romania, with the most diverse cultural, ethnical and religious mixture in the country.
The fortress of Timisoara was most probably founded in the 10th century, out of the ruins of the Roman fortress Zambara. The two centuries of Habsburgic domination,Timisoara got to an end in 1919, when Banat was integrated into Romania's territory, together with Transylvania. Timisoara is also the place where the Revolution that lead to the fall of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu started, on December 16, 1989.