20 December 1989 Street
20 December 1989 Street with the City Hall in the background | |
| Native name | 20 Decembrie 1989 (Romanian) |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Săvinești[1] |
| Maintained by | Timișoara City Hall |
| Length | 528.83 m (1,735.0 ft)[2] |
| Location | Cetate, Timișoara, Romania |
| Coordinates | 45°45′5″N 21°13′38″E / 45.75139°N 21.22722°E |
| From | John Hunyadi Square |
| To | Michael the Brave Bridge |
20 December 1989 Street (Romanian: Strada 20 Decembrie 1989) is a main thoroughfare in Timișoara, Romania. It stretches between John Hunyadi Square and Michael the Brave Bridge where it joins King Ferdinand I Boulevard. It is named after the day when Timișoara became the first city in Romania free from communism.[3]
Along the boulevard are, on the left side, the Banat Philharmonic, the City Hall and the Hunyadi Castle, and on the right side, the Justice Park, the former Israelite High School and the Emanoil Ungureanu Technical College.
References
- ^ "Nomenclatorul stradal Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului Timișoara. 2022. p. 1.
- ^ "Dicționar explicativ al denumirii străzilor din Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului Timișoara. 2015. p. 1.
- ^ Armanca, Brîndușa (20 December 2023). "Timișoara, 20 decembrie '89 | Primul oraș din România liber de comunism. Euforia libertății în bătaia puștii". Europa Liberă România.