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Former County Hall

Former County Hall
RO MS Str Bolyai nr 5 (2)
Whitepixels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
county hall
Current function:
n/a
Settlement:
Marosvásárhely, Târgu Mureș
Address:
Strada Bolyai
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5437916705, 24.5643003429
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History

The building partly came into the possession of Marosszék from Szalai György, who was convicted of treason in 1711, and partly by purchase. The baroque building has a carved coat of arms of Marosszék on the gate. It was extended in 1744, when the southern part of the street wing was built. In 1842, the rear courtyard wing was built, with prison cells on the ground floor and a meeting room on the first floor. In 1878, the Székely seats (traditional administration units) were abolished and counties were created. The resulting Maros-Torda County also operated in this house. The Romanian invaders started to build the new county hall in the Romanian style, and it was finished by the Hungarians in 1941.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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