"Oradea, Architectural Treasures" Route  

If you really want to know a city, you must explore it on foot. By doing so, you can spot many hidden details of architecture, you can observe people in their daily routines, and you can admire the wonderful nature and the way it blends with the city.

While exploring Oradea on foot, you will enjoy at ease the charm of the city and have a "unique" experience, in the natural rhythm of your steps. And if distances seem too long, a bike or scooter can be very helpful. The special bike lanes accompany both Crişul Repede and Peța brook, for almost the entire length of their course in the city, while the over 1.5 million square meters of green space is a real oxygen cure. You can enjoy all this without worries - Oradea is truly bike-friendly city!

"Oradea, Architectural Treasures" Route

Oradea, the Art Nouveau capital of Romania, is simply an architectural gem. You will notice this in the imposing buildings, which have become landmarks of the city, but also in many details that preserve the traces of history, with all its charm. This route will take you through the soul of the city's history, blended harmoniously in its architecture. You have over 4.000 steps and maybe as many architectural elements that will catch your eye. Try this route to discover the architectural treasures of the city!

ROUTE

1. Oradea Fortress

2. Sion Neolog Synagogue  

3. Vasile Alecsandri Street

4. Union Square

5. King Ferdinand I Square

6. Republicii Avenue

7. The Roman Catholic Diocese 

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MAIN OBJECTIVES AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Vasile Alecsandri Street:

• Munk House      
• Roth House      
• Deutsch K.I. glass shop      
• Adolf and Sons Moskovits Palace

Union Square:      

• Kovats House      
• Palace of the Greek Catholic Bishopric     
• Oradea CEC House      
• Oradea City Hall Palace      
• Black Eagle Palace     

King Ferdinand I Square:      

• Lévay Palace      
• Hotel Pannonia      
• Sztarill Palace     
• Adorján House     
• Oradea State Theatre     
• Rimanóczy Kálmán Sr. Hotel and Baths 
• Poynár House

Republicii Avenue:    

• Rimanóczy Kálmán Sr. Palace      
• Rimanóczy Kálmán Jr. Palace
• Stern Palace      
• Apollo Palace      
• Moskovits Miksa Palace      
• Palace of Finance      

The Baroque Complex:      

• The Row of Canons      
• The Baroque Palace
• The Roman-Catholic Cathedral      

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Details: 3,78 km / 4725 steps / 49 min / 216 cal

If you are passionate about history, you might want to know that:

• 7 kings are buried in the inner courtyard of the Fortress.
• The fortress was one of the first astronomical observatories in medieval Europe.      
• For several years, the civilized world followed the Tabula Primi Mobilis, a volume that included measurements of solar and lunar eclipses, with the meridian 0 in Oradea. A legend says that even Christopher Columbus had a copy of the Tabula Primi Mobilis.    
• Once upon a time, the Fortress park was a moat full of thermal water "as deep as the sea", which would never freeze. Because of this, no one was able to conquer the Fortress until a solution was found to dry the moat.