Buziaș

Buziaș is a town in Timis County, Banat, Romania.

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The settlement was known since Roman times as Ahihis. The first documentary attestation dates from 1320. The town was first mentioned in 1321 in a document of Charles I of Hungary. It was declared a city in 1956. Buziaş is an old health spa, the first establishments being built in 1819. In 1839 was declared a spa. The mineral waters of Buziaş are used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. They are also bottled for common use. The park of Buziaş, with a surface of over 20 ha, is a dendrological park with many rare species of trees, the most important being the plane (Platanus). The architectural symbolic element of the spa is the covered colonnade of the park built in Turkish-Byzantine style, unique to Romania. The only two other similar promenades in Europe are found in Karlovy Vary and Baden-Baden.

Due to favorable natural conditions, with rich mineral springs and mild climate, Buziaș has been recognized as a potential spa center. Following research in 1811 the therapeutic value of mineral water here was recognized. In 1908, mineral water from Buziaş won the gold medal at the exhibition in Bratislava. Since 1911, Buziaş became European resort, visited at the time by Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef.Architecture of the resort is Turkish-Byzantine style, unique in Romania. Because of curative water and architectural style, Buziaş was likened to the famous resorts Karlovy Vary and Baden-Baden.

Get in

By train

Train services to Gataia and Jamu Mare are operated by /Regiotrans.

By car

You can reach Buziaş from Timișoara if you take county road DJ592 which leads to Lugoj. You can also reach Buziaş from Timișoara or Lugoj if you take E 70 road and at Topolovățu Mare you take DJ572. If you come from Belgrade you must take E 70 to Pancevo, Vrsac, cross the Serbian-Romanian border at Stamora-Moravița, reach Deta and then Voiteg. From Voiteg you must take road DJ592B to reach Buziaş.

Get around

See
  • Buziaș Spa Museum (Muzeul Balnear Buziaș). 
  • Iulia Folea Troceanu Folk Art Exhibition (Expoziția de Artă Populară Iulia Folea Troceanu). 

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