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Former County Hall, Town Hall

Primăria
Former County Hall, Town Hall
Primăria
PrimariaTurda01 2011
Ana Maria Catalina, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
county hall
Current function:
town hall
Settlement:
Address:
Strada 1 Decembrie 1918 28
Historical Hungarian county:
Torda-Aranyos
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5685618572, 23.7861525044
Google map:

History

The building was built in neo-Renaissance style between 1884 and 1885, based on the plans of architect Halmai Andor for the centre of Torda-Aranyos County. After the Romanian occupation, the almost thousand-year-old county system was abolished and it became a town hall in 1920.

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