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Former County Hall

Colegiul Tehnic „Iuliu Maniu”
Former County Hall
Colegiul Tehnic „Iuliu Maniu”
Original function:
county hall
Current function:
school
Settlement:
Nagykároly, Carei
Address:
Strada Iuliu Maniu 20
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.688465, 22.467243
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History

The town was the historical seat of Szatmár County. The plot was donated to the county by Count Károlyi Antal in 1780. The county hall was built in the 1830s. In the rear wing there was once a Greek Catholic monastery. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1905 in Art Nouveau style and rebuilt again in 1926. The poet of the Hungarian national anthem Kölcsey Ferenc worked here as the chief notary of the county from 1832 and delivered his speech 'On the condition of the tax-paying people of Szatmár' around 1830. Baron Wesselényi Miklós delivered his speech here against imperial absolutism in December 1834, whom Kölcsey defended in the infidelity suit started against him. Today it houses the Iuliu Maniu School Group.

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