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Why visit Timișoara Tobacco Factory
The Timișoara Tobacco Factory, also known as the Iosefin Tobacco Factory, was a factory for the production of tobacco products, in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. The factory building, now a listed building, is located at 2 Gheorghe Pop de Băsești Street in the Iosefin district on the right bank of the Bega Riv
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Timișoara, Romania
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The Timișoara Tobacco Factory, also known as the Iosefin Tobacco Factory, was a factory for the production of tobacco products, in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. The factory building, now a listed building, is located at 2 Gheorghe Pop de Băsești Street in the Iosefin district on the right bank of the Bega River, over which the Iuliu Maniu Bridge crosses in the immediate vicinity of the factory. It was the oldest tobacco processing enterprise in Hungary and in the current territory of Romania. It was the second largest factory in Austria-Hungary, after the one in Fiume. It operated between 1846–2003, currently being decommissioned.
“The Timișoara Tobacco Factory, also known as the Iosefin Tobacco Factory, was a factory for the production of tobacco products, in the western Romanian city of Timișoara. The factory building, now a listed building, is located at 2 Gheorghe Pop de Băsești Street in the Iosefin district on the right bank of the Bega Riv”
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