Former (Romanian) County Hall, Town Hall
Primăria (Városháza)
Former (Romanian) County Hall, Town Hall
Primăria (Városháza)
Original function:
county hall
Current function:
town hall
Address:
Piața Victoriei 3
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.5423575237, 24.5573745498
History
It was built after the Romanian occupation. Its style does not fit in the town centre.
At the beginning of the 20th century, urban planning necessitated the construction of a new county hall in the Art Nouveau style, in keeping with the unified design of the main square. The competition was won by Kós Károly and Toroczkai Wigand Ede, but construction was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War. The Romanian occupation made it impossible to build the county hall based on the original plans.
In the 1930s, the idea of completing the square was raised again. In 1936, the designs of architect Eugen Grosu in the new Brâncoveanu style, which was widespread in Wallachia and Moldavia, won the approval of the Romanian authorities. Construction began in 1938, during the second term of Mayor Emil Dandea (1936-1940). The building, still unfinished at the time of the Second Vienna Award in 1940, was finally completed by the architect Kotsis Iván in 1942. In 1943, the administration of Marosszék moved from the old to the new county hall.
In 1962, the county administration was moved to the old town hall and replaced by the town administration (the former Town Hall, the Palace of Public Administration, became the local headquarters of the Romanian Communist Party).
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