{"id":1524469,"date":"2015-04-17T11:19:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T08:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1524469"},"modified":"2015-04-17T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T08:19:31","slug":"timisoara-uitata-fondatorii-cetatii-v-claude-florimund-mercy-dargenteau-parintele-banatului-modern-si-sosirea-primilor-colonisti-cum-a-inflorit-economia-foto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1524469","title":{"rendered":"TIMI\u0218OARA UITAT\u0102 Fondatorii cet\u0103\u021bii (V) Claude Florimund Mercy d\u2019Argenteau, \u201eP\u0103rintele\u201d Banatului modern \u0219i sosirea primilor coloni\u0219ti. 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Cum a \u00eenflorit economia FOTO<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-info\">\n<div class=\"td-post-author-name\">\n<div class=\"td-author-by\">De<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/author\/liana-paun\/\">Liana P\u0103un<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-author-line\"> &#8211; <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-post-date\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2015-04-17T11:19:31+00:00\">apr. 17, 2015<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/2015\/04\/timisoara-uitata-fondatorii-cetatii-v-claude-florimund-mercy-dargenteau-parintele-banatului-modern-si-sosirea-primilor-colonisti-cum-a-inflorit-economia-foto\/#comments\">5<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing td-post-sharing-top td-pb-padding-side\"><span class=\"td-post-share-title\">DISTRIBUI\u021aI<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-default-sharing \"><a class=\"td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressalert.ro%2F2015%2F04%2Ftimisoara-uitata-fondatorii-cetatii-v-claude-florimund-mercy-dargenteau-parintele-banatului-modern-si-sosirea-primilor-colonisti-cum-a-inflorit-economia-foto%2F\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Facebook<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=TIMI%C8%98OARA+UITAT%C4%82+Fondatorii+cet%C4%83%C8%9Bii+%28V%29+Claude+Florimund+Mercy+d%E2%80%99Argenteau%2C+%E2%80%9EP%C4%83rintele%E2%80%9D+Banatului+modern+%C8%99i+sosirea+primilor+coloni%C8%99ti.+Cum+a+%C3%AEnflorit+economia+FOTO&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressalert.ro%2F2015%2F04%2Ftimisoara-uitata-fondatorii-cetatii-v-claude-florimund-mercy-dargenteau-parintele-banatului-modern-si-sosirea-primilor-colonisti-cum-a-inflorit-economia-foto%2F&amp;via=PRESSALERT.ro\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Twitter<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content td-pb-padding-side\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de-mercy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173535\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de-mercy-1.jpg\" alt=\"de mercy\" width=\"260\" height=\"319\" title=\"de-mercy-1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00cen urma p\u0103cii de la Passarowitz, semnat\u0103 \u00een 1718, Banatul devenea o provincie a Casei de Habsburg, primind statutul de domeniu al Coroanei, iar administra\u0163ia provinciei era direct subordonat\u0103 cur\u0163ii vieneze, prin Camera Aulic\u0103 \u015fi Consiliul Aulic de R\u0103zboi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201eP\u0103rintele\u201d Banatului modern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noua posesiune habsburgic\u0103 a fost pus\u0103 sub comanda contelui Claude Florimund Mercy d\u2019Argenteau, general de origine loren\u0103 \u00een armata austriac\u0103, \u00een cadrul c\u0103reia a participat vreme de mai mul\u0163i ani sub comanda prin\u0163ului Eugeniu de Savoya la r\u0103zboaiele austro-turce. C\u00e2t\u0103 vreme a fost guvernator militar al Banatului, contele de Mercy s-a dovedit un bun organizator \u015fi gospodar, f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-i pe mul\u0163i s\u0103-l considere adev\u0103ratul \u00eentemeietor al Banatului \u015fi \u00a0Timi\u015foarei moderne. Francesco Griselini, eruditul vene\u0163ian care din septembrie 1774 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een februarie 1777 a cutreierat \u00eentreg Banatul \u015fi ne-a l\u0103sat o valoroas\u0103 lucrare cu caracter documentar, \u201e\u00cencercare de istorie politic\u0103 \u015fi natural\u0103 a Banatului Timi\u015foarei\u201d, \u00eel considera \u00eenzestrat cu toate \u00eensu\u015firile pentru a elabora \u015fi duce la \u00eendeplinire schimbarea \u00een bine a noii provincii habsburgice. \u201eLa el virtu\u0163ile militare se \u00eempleteau cu profunde cuno\u015ftin\u0163e politice, toate completate prin propria-i experien\u0163\u0103. Cu un cuv\u00e2nt, Mercy era un mare geniu \u015fi un mare prieten al oamenilor\u2026\u201d este o scurt\u0103 descriere pe care i-o face cel care studiase am\u0103nun\u0163it provincia cucerit\u0103 de Habsburgi \u015fi istoria acesteia.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harta-mercy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-173536\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/harta-mercy-640x552-1.jpg\" alt=\"harta mercy\" width=\"640\" height=\"552\" title=\"harta-mercy-640x552-1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Primii coloni\u015fti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Administra\u0163ia habsburgic\u0103 s-a preocupat de la bun \u00eenceput de dezvoltarea \u015fi modernizarea \u00a0\u00eentregii provincii, precum \u015fi a cet\u0103\u0163ii Timi\u015foara. Noului guvernator i se datoreaz\u0103 a\u015fa-numita \u201ehart\u0103 Mercy\u201d, prima hart\u0103 am\u0103nun\u0163it\u0103 a Banatului \u00eentocmit\u0103 \u00eentre anii 1721-1723 \u015fi editat\u0103 la Viena \u00een 1728, o nou\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163ire \u015fi organizare administrativ\u0103 a provinciei, dezvoltarea unei re\u0163ele strategice de drumuri \u015fi \u00eenceperea lucr\u0103rilor de amenajare ale r\u00e2ului Bega, pentru transformarea acestuia \u00een canal navigabil de la Timi\u015foara prin Tisa, p\u00e2n\u0103 la Dun\u0103re, ceea ce permitea, \u00een acela\u015fi timp, desecarea unor mla\u015ftini medievale. \u00cen 1722 au \u00eenceput preg\u0103tirile pentru aducerea primilor coloni\u015fti care s-au a\u015fezat \u00een aproximativ 60 de localit\u0103\u0163i b\u0103n\u0103\u0163ene, majoritatea atestate documentar\u00a0 \u00eenainte de colonizare. Mercy s-a \u00eengrijit at\u00e2t de sporirea num\u0103rului locuitorilor \u00een satele vechi, c\u00e2t \u015fi de ridicarea unor sate noi, cu coloni\u015fti germani, italieni \u015fi spanioli adu\u015fi din Sf\u00e2ntul Imperiu Roman de Na\u0163iune German\u0103. Printre satele ridicate de el s-a num\u0103rat \u015fi Mercydorf (ulterior Mer\u0163i\u015foara \u015fi apoi Carani), care a primit numele ctitorului s\u0103u \u015fi unde acesta \u015fi-a ridicat un conac, ajuns ast\u0103zi \u00een paragin\u0103 dup\u0103 o v\u00e2nzare dubioas\u0103. Italienii pe care i-a adus \u00een Banat erau ingineri pricepu\u0163i, arhitec\u0163i, me\u015fteri \u00een cre\u015fterea viermilor de m\u0103tase, fabricarea m\u0103t\u0103sii, cultura orezului sau pietrari destoinici.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani-azi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173533\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani-azi.jpg\" alt=\"castel carani azi\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" title=\"castel-carani-azi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stimularea agriculturii<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To\u0163i coloni\u015ftii au beneficiat de o serie de facilit\u0103\u0163i, ceea ce a f\u0103cut ca satele \u00een care ace\u015ftia s-au a\u015fezat s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 o situa\u0163ie prosper\u0103.<\/p>\n<p> Acestora li s-au repartizat gospod\u0103rii \u015fi au fost ajuta\u0163i pentru a-\u015fi ridica altele noi, locuitorilor li s-au ar\u0103tat cele mai avantajoase metode de cultivare a diferitelor soiuri de cereale, s-au f\u0103cut cercet\u0103ri asupra p\u0103m\u00e2ntului pentru a se stabili care sunt cele mai fertile regiuni pentru diferite culturi. Dezvoltarea agriculturii a fost stimulat\u0103 \u015fi prin introducerea unor unelte moderne, cre\u015fterea unor rase de animale ameliorate,\u00a0 introducerea culturilor de plante tehnice, cre\u015fterea viermilor de m\u0103tase \u015fi scutiri de d\u0103ri pentru cei care plantau duzi \u015fi pomi fructiferi.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173534\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani.jpg\" alt=\"castel carani\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" title=\"castel-carani\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploat\u0103ri miniere \u015fi manufacturi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tot Mercy s-a ocupat de organizarea exploat\u0103rilor miniere din Mun\u0163ii Banatului \u015fi Poiana Rusc\u0103 \u015fi a primelor \u00eentreprinderi de prelucrare a metalelor feroase \u015fi neferoase din zona Banatului Montan. Me\u015fte\u015fugari imperiali \u2013 zidari, pietrari, lemnari, dulgheri, fierari \u2013 au venit \u00een Banat imediat dup\u0103 ocuparea provinciei, pentru repararea \u015fi \u00eent\u0103rirea cet\u0103\u0163ilor\u00a0 cucerite de la turci, \u00een centrele miniere ori pentru construirea unor poduri. Dezvoltarea mineritului a fost o prioritate, \u00een zonele de exploatare fiind coloniza\u0163i numero\u015fi mineri \u015fi speciali\u015fti \u00een exploatarea subsolului. Ace\u015ftia au adus \u00een Banat tehnici de minerit mai avansate, dezvolt\u00e2nd aceast\u0103 ramur\u0103 \u015fi au \u00eenfiin\u0163at noi manufacturi, permi\u0163\u00e2nd astfel aducerea, \u00een anii urm\u0103tori, a unor noi coloni\u015fti specializa\u0163i \u00een acest domeniu care s\u0103 permit\u0103 dezvoltarea unui comer\u0163 cu str\u0103in\u0103tatea.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/statuie-mercy-tm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173538\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/statuie-mercy-tm.jpg\" alt=\"statuie mercy tm\" width=\"234\" height=\"312\" title=\"statuie-mercy-tm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cetatea Timi\u015foarei, reconstruit\u0103 din temelii<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cetatea Timi\u015foarei a fost reconstruit\u0103 \u00een \u00eentregime \u015fi \u015fi-a schimbat complet \u00eenf\u0103\u0163i\u015farea, dup\u0103 tipicul imperial al epocii, stilul arhitectural al barocului austriac \u015fi o serie de edificii cl\u0103dite \u00een acei ani d\u0103inuind p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi. Str\u0103zile drepte, perpendiculare, au fost trasate dup\u0103 un plan prestabilit iar casele din Cetate, ridicate dup\u0103 un regulament al guvernatorului Mercy care a intrat \u00een vigoare \u00een 1728, aveau unul sau dou\u0103 nivele, cu coridoare deschise pe laturile interioare, orientate spre curte, subsoluri \u015fi partere boltite. Stilul arhitectonic baroc \u015fi noul mod de via\u0163\u0103 care \u015fi-a pus amprenta asupra ora\u015fului a f\u0103cut ca acesta s\u0103 fie supranumit \u201eMica Vien\u0103\u201d. Principalele cl\u0103diri aveau destina\u0163ie militar\u0103\u00a0 dar \u015fi religioas\u0103 sau civil\u0103 \u015fi s-au ridicat \u00een jurul pie\u0163elor principale ale ora\u015fului. A \u00eenceput reconstruirea fortifica\u0163iilor Timi\u015foarei \u00een sistemul Vauban, au fost reorganizate \u015fi alte domenii de activitate precum justi\u0163ia sau sistemul fiscal. Griselini socotea c\u0103 \u201eMercy nu inten\u0163iona nici mai mult nici mai pu\u0163in dec\u00e2t s\u0103 fac\u0103 din Timi\u015foara unul din cele mai frumoase \u015fi elegante ora\u015fe ale monarhiei\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Generalul Mercy a fost nevoit s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103 Banatul \u00een 1733, c\u00e2nd a izbucnit un nou r\u0103zboi \u00eentre Habsburgi \u015fi Fran\u0163a aliat\u0103 cu Spania. 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Cum po\u021bi participa \u0219i ce proiecte sociale e\u0219ti invitat s\u0103 sus\u021bii<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-block-span6 td-post-next-post\">\n<div class=\"td-post-next-prev-content\"><span>Articolul urm\u0103tor<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/2015\/04\/duel-de-exceptie-sebastian-spanache-si-teodor-pop-au-adus-vraja-muzicii-la-timisoara\/\">Duel de excep\u0163ie: Sebastian Spanache \u015fi Teodor Pop au adus vraja muzicii la Timi\u015foara<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-box-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/author\/liana-paun\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e237afe71dbb475f2bb6dffeb603d703-143.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"e237afe71dbb475f2bb6dffeb603d703-143\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<div class=\"td-author-name vcard author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/author\/liana-paun\/\">Liana P\u0103un<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-author-url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\">http:\/\/www.pressalert.ro<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><span><span><\/span><\/span><span><\/span><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"td-post-content td-pb-padding-side\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de-mercy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173535\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de-mercy-1.jpg\" alt=\"de mercy\" width=\"260\" height=\"319\" title=\"de-mercy-1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00cen urma p\u0103cii de la Passarowitz, semnat\u0103 \u00een 1718, Banatul devenea o provincie a Casei de Habsburg, primind statutul de domeniu al Coroanei, iar administra\u0163ia provinciei era direct subordonat\u0103 cur\u0163ii vieneze, prin Camera Aulic\u0103 \u015fi Consiliul Aulic de R\u0103zboi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201eP\u0103rintele\u201d Banatului modern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noua posesiune habsburgic\u0103 a fost pus\u0103 sub comanda contelui Claude Florimund Mercy d\u2019Argenteau, general de origine loren\u0103 \u00een armata austriac\u0103, \u00een cadrul c\u0103reia a participat vreme de mai mul\u0163i ani sub comanda prin\u0163ului Eugeniu de Savoya la r\u0103zboaiele austro-turce. C\u00e2t\u0103 vreme a fost guvernator militar al Banatului, contele de Mercy s-a dovedit un bun organizator \u015fi gospodar, f\u0103c\u00e2ndu-i pe mul\u0163i s\u0103-l considere adev\u0103ratul \u00eentemeietor al Banatului \u015fi \u00a0Timi\u015foarei moderne. Francesco Griselini, eruditul vene\u0163ian care din septembrie 1774 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een februarie 1777 a cutreierat \u00eentreg Banatul \u015fi ne-a l\u0103sat o valoroas\u0103 lucrare cu caracter documentar, \u201e\u00cencercare de istorie politic\u0103 \u015fi natural\u0103 a Banatului Timi\u015foarei\u201d, \u00eel considera \u00eenzestrat cu toate \u00eensu\u015firile pentru a elabora \u015fi duce la \u00eendeplinire schimbarea \u00een bine a noii provincii habsburgice. \u201eLa el virtu\u0163ile militare se \u00eempleteau cu profunde cuno\u015ftin\u0163e politice, toate completate prin propria-i experien\u0163\u0103. Cu un cuv\u00e2nt, Mercy era un mare geniu \u015fi un mare prieten al oamenilor\u2026\u201d este o scurt\u0103 descriere pe care i-o face cel care studiase am\u0103nun\u0163it provincia cucerit\u0103 de Habsburgi \u015fi istoria acesteia.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harta-mercy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-173536\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/harta-mercy-640x552-1.jpg\" alt=\"harta mercy\" width=\"640\" height=\"552\" title=\"harta-mercy-640x552-1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Primii coloni\u015fti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Administra\u0163ia habsburgic\u0103 s-a preocupat de la bun \u00eenceput de dezvoltarea \u015fi modernizarea \u00a0\u00eentregii provincii, precum \u015fi a cet\u0103\u0163ii Timi\u015foara. Noului guvernator i se datoreaz\u0103 a\u015fa-numita \u201ehart\u0103 Mercy\u201d, prima hart\u0103 am\u0103nun\u0163it\u0103 a Banatului \u00eentocmit\u0103 \u00eentre anii 1721-1723 \u015fi editat\u0103 la Viena \u00een 1728, o nou\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163ire \u015fi organizare administrativ\u0103 a provinciei, dezvoltarea unei re\u0163ele strategice de drumuri \u015fi \u00eenceperea lucr\u0103rilor de amenajare ale r\u00e2ului Bega, pentru transformarea acestuia \u00een canal navigabil de la Timi\u015foara prin Tisa, p\u00e2n\u0103 la Dun\u0103re, ceea ce permitea, \u00een acela\u015fi timp, desecarea unor mla\u015ftini medievale. \u00cen 1722 au \u00eenceput preg\u0103tirile pentru aducerea primilor coloni\u015fti care s-au a\u015fezat \u00een aproximativ 60 de localit\u0103\u0163i b\u0103n\u0103\u0163ene, majoritatea atestate documentar\u00a0 \u00eenainte de colonizare. Mercy s-a \u00eengrijit at\u00e2t de sporirea num\u0103rului locuitorilor \u00een satele vechi, c\u00e2t \u015fi de ridicarea unor sate noi, cu coloni\u015fti germani, italieni \u015fi spanioli adu\u015fi din Sf\u00e2ntul Imperiu Roman de Na\u0163iune German\u0103. Printre satele ridicate de el s-a num\u0103rat \u015fi Mercydorf (ulterior Mer\u0163i\u015foara \u015fi apoi Carani), care a primit numele ctitorului s\u0103u \u015fi unde acesta \u015fi-a ridicat un conac, ajuns ast\u0103zi \u00een paragin\u0103 dup\u0103 o v\u00e2nzare dubioas\u0103. Italienii pe care i-a adus \u00een Banat erau ingineri pricepu\u0163i, arhitec\u0163i, me\u015fteri \u00een cre\u015fterea viermilor de m\u0103tase, fabricarea m\u0103t\u0103sii, cultura orezului sau pietrari destoinici.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani-azi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173533\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani-azi.jpg\" alt=\"castel carani azi\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" title=\"castel-carani-azi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stimularea agriculturii<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To\u0163i coloni\u015ftii au beneficiat de o serie de facilit\u0103\u0163i, ceea ce a f\u0103cut ca satele \u00een care ace\u015ftia s-au a\u015fezat s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 o situa\u0163ie prosper\u0103.<\/p>\n<p> Acestora li s-au repartizat gospod\u0103rii \u015fi au fost ajuta\u0163i pentru a-\u015fi ridica altele noi, locuitorilor li s-au ar\u0103tat cele mai avantajoase metode de cultivare a diferitelor soiuri de cereale, s-au f\u0103cut cercet\u0103ri asupra p\u0103m\u00e2ntului pentru a se stabili care sunt cele mai fertile regiuni pentru diferite culturi. Dezvoltarea agriculturii a fost stimulat\u0103 \u015fi prin introducerea unor unelte moderne, cre\u015fterea unor rase de animale ameliorate,\u00a0 introducerea culturilor de plante tehnice, cre\u015fterea viermilor de m\u0103tase \u015fi scutiri de d\u0103ri pentru cei care plantau duzi \u015fi pomi fructiferi.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173534\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/castel-carani.jpg\" alt=\"castel carani\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" title=\"castel-carani\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exploat\u0103ri miniere \u015fi manufacturi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tot Mercy s-a ocupat de organizarea exploat\u0103rilor miniere din Mun\u0163ii Banatului \u015fi Poiana Rusc\u0103 \u015fi a primelor \u00eentreprinderi de prelucrare a metalelor feroase \u015fi neferoase din zona Banatului Montan. Me\u015fte\u015fugari imperiali \u2013 zidari, pietrari, lemnari, dulgheri, fierari \u2013 au venit \u00een Banat imediat dup\u0103 ocuparea provinciei, pentru repararea \u015fi \u00eent\u0103rirea cet\u0103\u0163ilor\u00a0 cucerite de la turci, \u00een centrele miniere ori pentru construirea unor poduri. Dezvoltarea mineritului a fost o prioritate, \u00een zonele de exploatare fiind coloniza\u0163i numero\u015fi mineri \u015fi speciali\u015fti \u00een exploatarea subsolului. Ace\u015ftia au adus \u00een Banat tehnici de minerit mai avansate, dezvolt\u00e2nd aceast\u0103 ramur\u0103 \u015fi au \u00eenfiin\u0163at noi manufacturi, permi\u0163\u00e2nd astfel aducerea, \u00een anii urm\u0103tori, a unor noi coloni\u015fti specializa\u0163i \u00een acest domeniu care s\u0103 permit\u0103 dezvoltarea unui comer\u0163 cu str\u0103in\u0103tatea.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/statuie-mercy-tm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173538\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/statuie-mercy-tm.jpg\" alt=\"statuie mercy tm\" width=\"234\" height=\"312\" title=\"statuie-mercy-tm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cetatea Timi\u015foarei, reconstruit\u0103 din temelii<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cetatea Timi\u015foarei a fost reconstruit\u0103 \u00een \u00eentregime \u015fi \u015fi-a schimbat complet \u00eenf\u0103\u0163i\u015farea, dup\u0103 tipicul imperial al epocii, stilul arhitectural al barocului austriac \u015fi o serie de edificii cl\u0103dite \u00een acei ani d\u0103inuind p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi. Str\u0103zile drepte, perpendiculare, au fost trasate dup\u0103 un plan prestabilit iar casele din Cetate, ridicate dup\u0103 un regulament al guvernatorului Mercy care a intrat \u00een vigoare \u00een 1728, aveau unul sau dou\u0103 nivele, cu coridoare deschise pe laturile interioare, orientate spre curte, subsoluri \u015fi partere boltite. Stilul arhitectonic baroc \u015fi noul mod de via\u0163\u0103 care \u015fi-a pus amprenta asupra ora\u015fului a f\u0103cut ca acesta s\u0103 fie supranumit \u201eMica Vien\u0103\u201d. Principalele cl\u0103diri aveau destina\u0163ie militar\u0103\u00a0 dar \u015fi religioas\u0103 sau civil\u0103 \u015fi s-au ridicat \u00een jurul pie\u0163elor principale ale ora\u015fului. A \u00eenceput reconstruirea fortifica\u0163iilor Timi\u015foarei \u00een sistemul Vauban, au fost reorganizate \u015fi alte domenii de activitate precum justi\u0163ia sau sistemul fiscal. Griselini socotea c\u0103 \u201eMercy nu inten\u0163iona nici mai mult nici mai pu\u0163in dec\u00e2t s\u0103 fac\u0103 din Timi\u015foara unul din cele mai frumoase \u015fi elegante ora\u015fe ale monarhiei\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Generalul Mercy a fost nevoit s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103 Banatul \u00een 1733, c\u00e2nd a izbucnit un nou r\u0103zboi \u00eentre Habsburgi \u015fi Fran\u0163a aliat\u0103 cu Spania. Mercy a preluat comanda armatei \u00een Italia\u00a0 \u015fi \u015fi-a pierdut via\u0163a \u00een b\u0103t\u0103lia de la Parma din 29 iunie 1734, la v\u00e2rsta de 68 de ani.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: wikipedia, <a href=\"http:\/\/ciprianchirileanu.blogspot.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\">ciprianchirileanu.blogspot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Source URL: https:\/\/www.pressalert.ro\/2015\/04\/timisoara-uitata-fondatorii-cetatii-v-claude-florimund-mercy-dargenteau-parintele-banatului-modern-si-sosirea-primilor-colonisti-cum-a-inflorit-economia-foto\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acas\u0103Campanii PRESSALERTTIMI\u0218OARA UITAT\u0102 Fondatorii cet\u0103\u021bii (V) Claude Florimund Mercy d\u2019Argenteau, \u201eP\u0103rintele\u201d Banatului modern&#8230; Campanii PRESSALERT Timi\u0219oara uitat\u0103 TIMI\u0218OARA UITAT\u0102 Fondatorii cet\u0103\u021bii (V) Claude Florimund Mercy d\u2019Argenteau, \u201eP\u0103rintele\u201d Banatului modern \u0219i sosirea primilor coloni\u0219ti. 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