# Tourist attractions in Oradea [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Crișana](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/crisana) › [Bihor County](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/county/bihor) ## Tourist attractions 11 attractions - [Oradea Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-oradea) — Fortresses and fortifications · Oradea, BH · Free · 2 – 2½ hours · Top 100 A pentagonal bastion fortress built by the princes of Transylvania in the 16th–17th centuries: five bastions, a princely palace housing the Oradea City Museum, and courtyards you can walk into freely. - [Baroque Palace of Oradea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-baroc-oradea) — Castles and palaces · Oradea, BH · 25 lei · 1 – 1½ hours The Roman Catholic bishops' residence, built in 1762–1777 by Franz Anton Hillebrandt, is Romania's largest Baroque palace; today it hosts church art exhibitions, and the garden is open daily. - [Black Eagle Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-vulturul-negru) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min A Secession building from 1907–1908 on Piața Unirii in Oradea, with a glass-roofed passage and a stained-glass window of a black eagle, from which it takes its name. - [Darvas-La Roche House](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/casa-darvas-la-roche) — Museums and memorial houses · Oradea, BH · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours The Secession villa of the industrialist Imre Darvas, designed by the Vágó brothers in 1909–1912, now houses Romania's first Art Nouveau museum, with period interiors and a garden. - [Moon Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-cu-luna) — Monasteries and churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Piața Unirii, built in 1784–1790 and known for the globe in its tower that shows the phases of the Moon, in a mechanism of 1793. - [Oradea City Hall Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-primariei-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · 15 lei · 30 min An eclectic palace of 1902–1903 on Piața Unirii, home to the city hall, with a tower of almost 50 m: its clock plays Iancu's March, and the top gives a view over the rooftops of the centre. - [Oradea Zoo](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/gradina-zoologica-oradea) — Zoos and aquariums · Oradea, BH · 32 lei · 1½ – 2 hours Oradea's zoological garden, open since 1962 on the grounds of a noble park with a chapel, rebuilt between 2010 and 2013 and now covering 7.5 hectares, with tigers, wolves, bears, zebras and dozens of other species. - [Regina Maria Theatre](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/teatrul-regina-maria-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · from 25 lei · 2 – 2½ hours The Oradea State Theatre building, designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer and opened in 1900: an Ionic portico on Piața Ferdinand and an auditorium with boxes and a balcony, still in use every week. - [Roman Catholic Basilica of Oradea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/bazilica-romano-catolica-oradea) — Monasteries and churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Cathedral of the Assumption, built between 1752 and 1780: the largest Baroque church in Romania, with an organ given by Maria Theresa and an interior of marble, frescoes and gilding. - [Sion Neolog Synagogue](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/sinagoga-sion-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · 15 lei · 30 min A synagogue of 1877–1878 on the bank of the Crișul Repede, with a broad dome and a Moorish-style painted interior; restored and reopened in 2015, it is now a cultural venue. - [Țării Crișurilor Museum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-tarii-crisurilor) — Museums and memorial houses · Oradea, BH · 15 lei · 1½ – 2 hours Bihor's county museum, housed since its move in the former Royal Cadet School of 1898: archaeology, history, art, ethnography, natural sciences and a vivarium under one roof. --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/oradea Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/oras/oradea.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/stadt/oradea.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/citta/oradea.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania