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Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral

Timiș County, Romania · built 1936

The Orthodox Cathedral (Catedrala Ortodoxă), also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedrala Mitropolitană), is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara, in Romania. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara and the Metropolis of Banat. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. Built on an area of 1,542 m2, it has 11 towers, of which the central one has a height of 90.5 m, making it the second tallest church in Romania, after the People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest. The cathedral is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.

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