Former Central Hotel
Hotel Melody Central
Former Central Hotel
Hotel Melody Central
Original function:
hotel / tavern / guesthouse
Current function:
hotel / tavern / guesthouse
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.770834045, 23.5901412481
History
It must have been built sometime in the 1820s and 1830s in the neoclassical style. During the Hungarian Reform Era it was a pub. Its name was Fiskus, which may indicate that it was built by the Treasury. In 1834, a fight broke out between the German garrison and the students, resulting in casualties. In 1867, the Fiskus House was the seat of the 'Kisegítő Pénztár', the first financial institution in Kolozsvár, founded in 1858. In 1872, local entrepreneur Plihál Ferenc leased the building and opened a hotel in it, called Pannonia. After Plihál's death in 1890, it was taken over by Nagy Gábor, who had previously rented the National Hotel. Before it was handed over, the building was renovated by the Catholic State. It was renamed the Central Hotel. It was integrated with the café and restaurant on the ground floor of the Bánffy Palace, which was also rented by Nagy Gábor. The writer Jókai Mór and his young wife stayed here when the statue of King Matthias of Hungary was unveiled. Johannes Brahms stayed here during his concert in Kolozsvár. From the 1920s, the hotel was rented by the Catholic Social Sisters' Society and under the direction of the widow of Árkosy Lajos, Wagner Irén (1871-1938), a quiet and discreet institution was established. It was nationalized in 1949. In 1995 it was renamed Melody Central and renovated. In 2020 the building was purchased by the Sapientia Foundation for the Sapientia University's Folk Dance Department. Sapientia is a private Hungarian university in Transylvania supported by Hungary. It is also planned to host the Kolozsvár branch of the Transylvanian House of Traditions Foundation.
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