The University and the Polytechnic Institute


      The Modern building of the University from Timisoara is another
   edifice signed by the architect Hans Fackelmann. The project was
   done in two phases; the first in 1950, the second in 1964-1965.
   The building is one of the first from the modern architectural
   works from Romania; it serves the purpose for which it has been
   created. On its facade, there is a mosaic representing Nicolae
   Balcescu and Mihai Eminescu; it is the masterpiece of Stefan
   Szonyi (1919-1967). The entrance hall walls are done in marble.
   The science, art and the culture are symbolically represented on
   these marble walls. The left wall is dedicated to the literature
   and art; a woman symbolizing a torch is the dominant figure; at
   the right and left of this woman there are symbols representing
   the evolution of writing referring to the history of
   civilizations and universal culture. The right wall is dedicated
   to the science; the dominant symbols are an astronaut,
   satellites, an atom, a spiral, and other signs reminding the
   human investigative nature, the continuous development and
   modernization. The work was accomplished by Romulus Nufin (born
   in 1932) and Gabriel Kazinczi (born in 1942). A monumental
   marble staircase links the two stories and the "Aula Magna" (the
   auditorium). The hall before the entrance to "Aula Magna" (has
   the walls ornated with a mosaic representing important scenes
   and personalities from the Romanian history; this is the
   masterpiece of Adalbert Luca and Leon Vreme [40]. Not far from
   the University, on the same boulevard, there is the campus, the
   dorms, cafeterias, and sport terrain, surrounded by the
   boulevards Vasile Parvan, Mihai Viteazul, Victor babes, and
   Dalia Street.

      Let s go back, now, to the Bishopric bridge (the bridge Mihai
   Viteazul), built in 1914, where the boulevard with the name of
   the greatest Romanian king Mihai Viteazul (1593-1601) begins.  A
   big architectural complex can be seen at the corner of the
   boulevards Vasile Parvan and Mihai Viteazul. It is the residence
   of the Technical University from Timisoara known as the
   "Polytechnica". The older buildings were started in 1923 after
   the plans of the architect Duiliu Marcu. The dorms were built in
   1927, and the cafeteria in 1930.  Victor Vlad designed the
   auxiliary buildings. The complex, in red brick, abounds in
   Romanian style decorative ornaments done in white. The cafeteria
   is a historical monument due to its typical decorative elements.
   Two new wings were added in the 60s to the old main building.
   The last modern addition was done in 1976.  The new complex of
   the Electrotechnical Faculty was designed by the architect Petru
   Svoboda. In front of this building there is a bust with an
   inscription that reads only: "Traian Lalescu (1882-1929). The
   first rector of the Superior Polytechnic School from Timisoara,
   October 1920-1921."
      Traian Lalescu got his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Sorbonne. He was
   a professor at the Science Faculty and the Superior Polytechnic
   School from Bucharest; he founded the Superior Polytechnic
   School from Timisoara; he published a lot of scientific papers
   and was a man that dedicated his whole life to his country and
   public well being. His bust was raised in 1930.