Timiș River flows through an area with significant archaeological potential around​ Parța village in Timiș County The archaeological site “Parța tell 1” is renowned for the discovery of archaeological materials, which started in the second half of the 19th century.

The first systematic excavations of this site began in 1931, and in the 1980s dr. Gheorghe Lazarovici coordinated an intensive systematic project of archaeological research of the archaeological site Parța no. 1.

The Neolithic sanctuary was discovered with the unearthing of a monumental statue, which immediately stood out as an exceptional architectural element, demonstrating the importance of a housing structure which survived in good condition. Research into the sanctuary was completed in 1985, documenting the existence of a large building, of approximately 38 feet x 19.6 feet, made up of smaller delimited spaces containing Neolithic artefacts which could reveal the use of various sanctuary rooms. Around the sanctuary there were functional buildings with complex structures, which were likely related to the cultic nature of the sanctuary.

The results of the archaeological investigation revealed the existence of two main superimposed stages of the sanctuary, both belonging to the Middle Neolithic period, of which the second showed examples of two restorations.

The initial sanctuary was probably set on fire and later rebuilt in the form of a multi-room building erected around a monumental statue that was made of sandy earth, covered with a layer of clay and chaff. The double statue was strengthened by burning. The rest of the sanctuary was built subsequently. Its structure consists of a large room housing the statue and the rooms for functional activities, revealed by the presence of altarpieces for food preparation, storage of offerings and textile processing.

The preserved elements of the sanctuary have been integrated within its restoration in one of the rooms of the Huniade castle, but the sizes of the room have not allowed the restoration of the sanctuary to its real scale.