General Ion Dragalina Boulevard

General Ion Dragalina Boulevard
Native nameBulevardul General Ion Dragalina (Romanian)
Former name(s)Úri utca, Bonnaz utca, 13 December Boulevard[1]
Maintained byTimișoara City Hall
Length922.21 m (3,025.6 ft)[2]
LocationIosefin, Timișoara, Romania
Coordinates45°44′46″N 21°12′38″E / 45.74611°N 21.21056°E / 45.74611; 21.21056
FromTimișoara North railway station
ToConstantin Brâncoveanu Boulevard

General Ion Dragalina Boulevard (Romanian: Bulevardul General Ion Dragalina; formerly Úri utca to the north of Bega, Bonnaz utca to the south, named after Bishop Sándor Bonnaz of Cenad)[3] is a boulevard in Timișoara, Romania. It starts at the Timișoara North railway station, at the junction of Station Street and Republic Boulevard, crosses the Bega Canal on the General Ion Dragalina Bridge, and runs to 16 December 1989 Boulevard. In the Elisabetin district, it continues as Constantin Brâncoveanu Boulevard. The boulevard is named in honor of Romanian World War I general Ion Dragalina.

Monuments

An urban site, including most of the buildings on the street, one building, and one statue are listed in the Romanian Monuments Register.[4]

Number Image Name Construction
date
Monument
code
Old Iosefin urban site
4. Notre Dame Church
16. Károly Kós birthplace
24, 25, 25A. Anchor Palace
27. Weisz Palace (former Royal Hotel)
29. Gemeinhardt Palace
19th–20th centuries TM-II-s-B-06098
13
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary 1774 TM-II-mA-06132
13
Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk 1722 TM-III-mA-06306

Transport

The boulevard follows the routes of tram lines 1, 8, and 9, all of which terminate at Gara de Nord.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Nomenclatorul stradal Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului Timișoara. 2022. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Dicționar explicativ al denumirii străzilor din Timișoara" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului Timișoara. 2015. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-06-20. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  3. ^ Delesega, Gyula (2018). Temesvári kalauz téridőben (PDF). Szórvány Alapítvány. p. 196.
  4. ^ "Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Timiș". Direcția Județeană pentru Cultură Timiș. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  5. ^ Olaru, Sorin (30 September 2019). "Se redeschide circulația, inclusiv a tramvaielor, pe bulevardul Dragalina". Timpolis.