Theresia Bastion
| Theresia Bastion | |
|---|---|
Bastionul Theresia | |
| Former names | Ravelin of the Food Warehouse |
| General information | |
| Type | Bastion |
| Location | Timișoara, Romania |
| Coordinates | 45°45′24″N 21°14′1″E / 45.75667°N 21.23361°E |
| Construction started | 1732 |
| Completed | 1734 |
| Renovated | 1969, 2010 |
| Owner | Timiș County Council (bodies A, B, C and E) Timișoara City Hall (body D) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Brick |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | Ștefan Iojică (1969) Marius Miclăuș (2010) |
| Renovating firm | Archaeus |
| Main contractor | Bennert GmbH/Prowa Contracting and Consulting GmbH |
Theresia Bastion (Romanian: Bastionul Theresia), named after the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, is the largest preserved piece of defensive wall of the Austrian-Hungarian fortress of Timișoara. It covers about 1.7 hectares of the city center. It was built between 1732 and 1734. Today it is used as a passage, but it also houses commercial spaces, restaurants, bars, a nightclub, a library and two permanent exhibitions of the National Museum of Banat, as well as the Ethnography department of the Banat Village Museum. The bastion is included on the list of historical monuments in Timiș County with LMI code TM-II-m-A-06103.03.