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Former Court of Justice and Jail

Instituția Prefectului Județul Alba
Former Court of Justice and Jail
Instituția Prefectului Județul Alba
Alba Iulia Prefectura
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
court
prison/jail
Current function:
county hall
Address:
Piaţa Ion I. C. Brătianu, Strada Bucureşti
Historical Hungarian county:
Alsó-Fehér
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.0672398938, 23.5812563843
Google map:

History

It was built in 1904 according to the plans of the Budapest architect Gerster Kálmán. Today it is the seat of the Fehér (Alba) County Municipality (Prefecture).

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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