Victory Square (Piata Victoriei) is the long broad boulevard-like space running between the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral at one end and the National Opera and Mihai Eminescu Theatre at the other. The square is more recent than Union Square, laid out between the world wars, and its scale is grander and more obviously planned.
The cathedral, with its 11 spires and patterned tile roof, is the city's defining silhouette. The Capitoline Wolf statue stands midway down the square, gifted in 1926 by the Italian government as a token of shared Latin heritage. The eastern side of the square is a long line of cafes and restaurants under colonnaded arcades, which makes the square also Timisoara's main evening promenade. The square's role in the 1989 revolution is marked by plaques and a sculpture at the cathedral end.