Shortly after the conquest of Timisoara by the Habsburg army in October 1716, it was considered necessary to build a bastion fortress to replace the Turkish fortifications. The construction began in 1736 and lasted until 1765. At the end of the works, the fortification belt measured about 585m and covered nine bastions (Francisc Bastion, Theresia Bastion, Joseph Bastion, Hamilton Bastion, Castle Bastion, Mercy Bastion, Bastion Eugeniu, Elizabeth Bastion, Carol Bastion) …