Timisoara, documented over 730 years, present capital of Timis County is located in Timis plain, plain crossed by rivers Timis and Bega, whose presence influenced the time development of the fortified town with walls, bastions, ditches water and ground waves. Known as the Castle (from 1212) - Castrum Temesiense - located at the crossroads of commercial and military, became the main objective of the dispute between Turks and Austrians and then the bourgeoisie and aristocracy coveted Hungarian - Timisoara developed urban core around fortified since sec. Eighteenth century. 1315-1323 between King Carol Robert of Anjou settled in Timisoara city royal residence.

In 1342, Timisoara is mentioned in documents as Civitas (city) to the middle of the sixteenth century - is becoming an important center of Ottoman resistance starting in 1396 where European Crusaders in dramatic Nicopolis expedition Christian crushed and then focuses its military forces , since 1443, victories and starts campaign mighty Hunyadi.

The collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, except in the course of 1989 Romania was perceived to Timisoara as a historical opportunity to remove the communist totalitarianism. in the months of November-December 1989 the mood of the majority population was explosive, and on this background of general tension of trying to escape the Reformed pastor Laszlo Tokes, much publicized Free Europe and Voice of America, has been interpreted as an injustice and a new abuse of the communist authorities, being at the popular uprising in Timisoara, then transformed by radicalization in the revolution.

After the December 15 gathered in front of many parishioners parish who wanted to prevent evacuation pastor, on December 16 increased the number of people gathered about 400 people most of whom are citizens of different ethnicities and religions that have blocked traffic in the area and chanted "Down with Ceausescu" and "Down with communism." The following days, the resistance did not cease in December 19 workers from entering the strike now "Elba", and in December 20 general strike broke out in factories in Timisoara, tens of thousands of people marched to the center of Timisoara, situation the armed forces have withdrawn to barracks.

Timisoara revolutionary leaders of the communist authorities had a list of demands of the population, the list will become a vast revolutionary program. same day 20 November 1989, Timisoara was the first city declared free by the representatives of Romania Romanian Democratic Front, the first democratic political party founded on the bloody streets of Timisoara. Later on 22 December 1989 Romanian Revolution was declared Victory Day.