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Upper Hungary / Slovakia

former Gendarmerie Station , Gallery

Považská Galéria Umenia v Žiline
former Gendarmerie Station , Gallery
Považská Galéria Umenia v Žiline
Original function:
gendarmerie/police
Current function:
gallery
Address:
M. R. Štefánika 996, 010 01 Žilina
Historical Hungarian county:
Trencsén
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.22458, 18.742682
Google map:

History

The building was constructed in 1911 for the gendarmerie in Art-Nouveau style. The coat of arms of Hungary above the entrance was removed by the Czechoslovak invaders in 1919.

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