Cultural Palace in Târgu Mures
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The Cultural Palace (built between 1911 and 1913) is a remarkable construction in the center of Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely). It was built to the request of György Bernády
by Marcell Komor (1868-1944) and Dezső Jakab (1864-1932).
, Tompa Mihály
, Kemény Zsigmond
and more.
The most interesting and visited part of the Palace is the Mirrors Hall, which is above the entrance hall.
Above the 'quartet' gate the bronze embossments of Szent Erzsébet
, Bolyai János and Bolyai Farkas, Aranka György and Bánk bán
of Erkel Ferenc can be seen.
György Bernády
György Bernády was the mayor of Târgu Mureş twice, 1900–1912 and 1926–1929. In this period the City Hall and the Cultural Palace in Târgu Mureş on the Roses Square were both built. His name is associated with public illumination and sewerage in the city...
by Marcell Komor (1868-1944) and Dezső Jakab (1864-1932).
Outside description
The competition for building the Cultural Palace was won by Komor and Jakab with their two-floor construction plan. Only later to the request of mayor Bernády György the construction was expanded to 3 floors. Construction started in 1911 and lasted until 1913 when the inside decorations were finished as well. On the window glasses there are illustrated sequences from Hungarian legends. The roof is decorated with blue, ruddy and white tiles. On the main facade the statues and the embossments are in bronze. The Mirrors Hall can be found on the first floor of the building, and on the balustrades of the windows the portraits of Kazinczy FerencFerenc Kazinczy
Ferenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian author, the most indefatigable agent in the regeneration of the Magyar language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century...
, Tompa Mihály
Mihály Tompa
Mihály Tompa , Hungarian lyric poet, was born in Rimaszombat, in the county of Gömör, his father being village bootmaker....
, Kemény Zsigmond
Zsigmond Kemény
Baron Zsigmond Kemény was a Hungarian author.-Life and work:Kemény was born in Alvinc, Transylvania to a distinguished noble family, but family feuds left him with little personal wealth. His early schooling in Nagyenyed gave him knowledge of English law, French law and German law, politics and...
and more.
The most interesting and visited part of the Palace is the Mirrors Hall, which is above the entrance hall.
Above the 'quartet' gate the bronze embossments of Szent Erzsébet
Elisabeth of Hungary
Elizabeth of Hungary, T.O.S.F., was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Countess of Thuringia, Germany and a greatly-venerated Catholic saint. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. She then became one of the first members of the newly-founded Third Order of St. Francis,...
, Bolyai János and Bolyai Farkas, Aranka György and Bánk bán
Bánk bán
Bánk bán is an opera in 3 Acts by composer Ferenc Erkel. The work uses a Hungarian language libretto by Béni Egressy which is based on a stage play of the same name by József Katona. The main storyline is based on the assassination of Queen Gertrúd, wife of Andrew II in 1213...
of Erkel Ferenc can be seen.