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Oradea attractions
Oradea attractions
The beautiful city center is worth visiting, as are the Băile Felix health spas, accessible by train or bus and located outside the city.
Other sites worth visiting are:
Muzeul Ţării Crişurilor/Körösvidéki Múzeum (a.k.a. Baroque Palace) – a wonderful Baroque museum in Viennese style with 365 famous windows. The building, which was built in honour of Maria Teresa, was the Roman Catholic bishop's palace until 1945, when the Communist regime took the building into public ownership. It was returned to the Roman Catholic church in 2003.
Catedrala barocă/Székesegyház – the biggest Baroque cathedral in Romania
Cetatea Oradea/ Vár - Oradea's Fortress, with a pentagonal fort
Biserica cu Lună/ Holdas templom – a church unique in Europe, with a type of astronomical clock depicting the phases of the moon
Pasajul "Vulturul Negru"/Fekete Sas – the "Black Eagle" Passage
"Ady Endre" Museum- a museum dedicated to the greatest Hungarian poets who worked here
Teatrul de Stat/Állami Színház – the State Theatre, plans for which were designed by two Austrian architects who had built around 100 theatres and opera houses in Europe by the end of the 19th century.
Str. Republicii, known to the locals as "Principala" or "Fő utca" (Main Street) – one of the most beautiful streets of Transylvania, displaying an incredible number of Art Nouveau buildings (under restoration in 2006).
There are around 100 religious sites of different denominations in Oradea, including three synagogues (however, only one is said to be still in use) and the biggest Baptist church in Eastern Europe.
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