Here is one of the main areas in Lugoj. They have closed the street to cars and made it into a nice walkway. At the end of this walkway there is a bridge. It is called the Iron Bridge and is over 100 years old. It crosses over the Timis River which divides the town of Lugoj into two parts. In the old days the side I am standing on was the German side, while across the river was the Romanian side. This part of Romania has a heavy German tradition as the Austrian-Hungarian Empire came this far out.
Here is the Lugoj Town Hall. As you can see it has the look of a German building. It is quite a beautiful building.
One last piece of information. On the street that I showed in the first picture is a cinema named after one of Lugoj's famous citizens, Bela Lugosi. He took his stage name from the city. For Mrs. Nunes' class perhaps you would like to look up and find out who Bela Lugosi is. I have one more day of teaching here in Lugoj and then I have 4 days off and then I am off to camp. I will spend the off days in Timisoara a larger city near here. I will do some sight-seeing there.
The buildings are beautiful. The street was pretty too. We know He was a famous Hungarian actor that played Dracula and made monster movies his whole career.
ReplyDeleteGood job. Of course playing Dracula has a special meaning to the people of Romania, the home of Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Imapaler, Vlad Dracul, or just plain Dracula.
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