“Just as Paris has the Seine, London the Thames, and Budapest and Vienna the Danube, Timișoara has the Bega. Thrown across the city map like a piece of string, the construction of the Bega canal began in 1728, under the supervision of the military governor of Banat, Count Florimund de Mercy. Today, the river is a defining element of the city, and the pairing of the words “Bega” and “Timișoara” feels as natural as the pairing of “Banat” and “frunce” (a local phrase meaning “first” or “foremost”). […]” – Oliver Merce
Oliver Merce – ALONG THE BEGA RIVER
Photography, text: Oliver Merce (olivermerce.ro)
Editor: Cristian Bassa (Asociația Omnia Photo, omnia.photo)
ISBN 978-973-0-42106-4.
All right reserved. © Oliver Merce, 2025. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without express written permission from the author. Album realizat în cadrul proiectului Timisoara All Around, 2025. Finanțat de Municipiul Timișoara prin Centrul de Proiecte.
You can get the photobook and support the artist here: olivermerce@gmail.com.