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Former Aprentice's Home

Former Aprentice's Home
RO Targu Mures Iuliu Maniu nr 4 (1)
Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
school
Current function:
n/a
Address:
Strada Iuliu Maniu 4
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5418870944, 24.5565204586
Google map:

History

The former apprentices' home was built in 1915, on the initiative of the Association of Building Craftsmen of Marosvásárhely, for the Hungarian apprentices and for the theoretical education of the apprentices of the master masons working in the town. Its design was supported by Csiszár Lajos, a wealthy architect from Marosvásárhely, who, according to architect Keresztes Gyula, also introduced Egyptian motifs into the magnificent domed building. The exterior of the Art Nouveau building is also uniquely decorated: the window lintels bear the emblematic coats of arms of the various trades, with Hungarian abbreviations such as "Vill" (for electricians), "Üveg" (glaziers), "Aszt" (carpenters), "Lak" (locksmiths), "Bád" (tinsmiths), "Fest" (painters). Somewhat surprisingly, neither half a century of socialism nor the anti-Hungarian sentiment that erupted afterwards has erased from the building's facade. Neither did the marble plaques in Hungarian in the doorway or the town coat of arms above the main entrance disappear. Fate was not so kind to the (probably Hungarian) coat of arms above the other entrance. This main square property was the seat of the Association of Building Craftsmen, which was founded in 1906 and transformed into the Hungarian Association of Craftsmen in 1923 under the leadership of Buksa Béla.

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