Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social, and cultural center in Western Romania. It's located on the Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat. Nicknamed the "Little Vienna" or the "City of Roses", Timișoara is noted for its large number of historical monuments and its 36 parks and green spaces.

Timișoara has the largest architectural ensemble of historic buildings in Romania, consisting of the urban patrimony of the neighborhoods of Cetate, Fabric, Iosefin, and Elisabetin. Most of these buildings are part of the imperial heritage, a period of economic prosperity that left its mark on the city. The architectural diversity, represented by baroque, historicism, neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, and Wiener Secession, earned Timișoara the nickname "Little Vienna".