St. Mary Square, Timișoara
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St. Mary Square
Piața Sfânta Maria | |
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| City square | |
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| Length | 184.58 m[1] |
| Owner | Timișoara City Hall |
| Location | Timișoara, Romania |
| Coordinates: 45°44′54″N 21°13′8″E / 45.74833°N 21.21889°E | |
St. Mary Square (Romanian: Piața Sfânta Maria) is a small square in Timișoara, located in the Iosefin district, at the intersection of 16 December 1989 Boulevard (former Carol I Boulevard) and Gheorghe Doja Street (former General Gheorghe Domășnean Street).[2] It is part of the urban site Old Iosefin, classified as a historic monument.[3] According to local tradition, Gheorghe Doja, the leader of the peasant uprising of 1514, was martyred here.[4] Also here took place the first anti-communist demonstrations in Timișoara in 1989, demonstrations that would ignite the Romanian Revolution.[5]
