Petroșani (Romanian pronunciation: [petroˈʃanʲ]; German: Petroschen; Hungarian: Petrozsény) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 34,331 (2011). The city has been associated with mining since the 19th century.
Landmarks
- Sfinții Arhangeli Church (“Holy Archangels Church”), built in the 18th century.
- The “I. G. Duca” school, built in 1935
- The Hungarian school – built in 1873 by Germans and inhabited by a group of 50 Catholic nuns from a monastery near Munich
- The Old Theater, built in 1886
- The Lutheran Church, built between 1892 and 1896
- The Mining Museum, built in 1920
- The actual Sports School building, built in 1919
- The “I. D. Sîrbu” Theater Hall, built in 1905
- The Justice Court building, built in 1910
- The actual Students theater, built in 1922
- The Unitarian Church, built between 1924 and 1928
- The University of Petroșani, built in 1948
- The Jiul Shopping Center, re-opened in December 2007 after renovation, initially built in the early 1980s