Administrative Palace, Satu Mare

Administrative Palace
Palatul administrativ
Frontal view of the Administrative Palace
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Location	Satu Mare, Romania
Coordinates	47°47′20″N 22°52′23″E / 47.78884°N 22.87308°E / 47.78884; 22.87308Coordinates: 47°47′20″N 22°52′23″E / 47.78884°N 22.87308°E / 47.78884; 22.87308
Construction started	1972
Opening	1984
Owner	Satu Mare City Hall
Height
Roof	97 m (318 ft)^[1]
Technical details
Floor count	18
Floor area	12,000 m² (130,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Nicolae Porumbescu

The Administrative Palace (Romanian: Palatul administrativ) is a building in Satu Mare, Romania. At 97 metres, it is the highest building in Transylvania and the fourth highest in the country. It is an example of brutalist style architecture.^[2]

History

From the top of the building, almost the entire Satu Mare County is visible, and one can see all the way to Hungary. The history of the building starts in the 1960s, when Satu Mare experienced a period of infrastructure development under the communist regime. The Romanian Communist Party wanted to build a new city center with a building that would be a new landmark for the city. Thus, in 1972, construction of the building began, the main architect being Nicolae Porumbescu of Iaşi, assisted by Ludovic Gyüre of Satu Mare.

The building was completed in 1984; there were over 1,000 workers employed on the project.

The building has three smaller towers and one big main tower. The three small towers represent the three ethnic groups present in Satu Mare County: Romanians, Germans and Hungarians, while the main tower represents the bond between these three ethnic groups.

References

↑ Palatul Administrativ at Emporis
↑ Modernismul liric si avatarurile modernismului (Romanian)

External links

(Romanian) A formal description (Romanian)

Tall buildings in Romania

Built	Administrative Palace Anchor Plaza Asmita Gardens Basarab Tower BCR Tower Sibiu Blocul Sârbesc BOS Tower BRD Tower Bucharest BRD Tower Cluj-Napoca BSE Tower Bucharest Corporate Center Business Development Center Bucharest Bucharest Financial Plaza Bucharest Tower Center Bucharest Telephone Palace Casa Presei Libere CCIR Building Charles de Gaulle Plaza City Gate Towers Euro Tower Foișorul de Foc Griro Tower Hotel Best Western Park Hotel Continental Sibiu Hotel Continental Timisoara Hotel Europa Iaşi Hotel Golden Tulip Sibiu Howard Johnson Hotel Hotel Moldova Iaşi Hotel Pullman Bucharest Hotel Ramada Sibiu Hotel Unirea Iaşi InterContinental Bucharest Iuliu Maniu at Virtuţii Bloc Millennium Business Center Monte Carlo Palace Nusco Tower Olympia Tower Oracle Tower Bucharest Palace of the Parliament Palas Residential Tower Iaşi Pantelimon at B-dul Chişinău Bloc Pantelimon at Şoseaua Iancului Petre Andrei University Tower Iaşi PGV Tower Pipera Business Tower Premium Plaza Rin Grand Hotel TVR Tower UpGround United Nations Plaza Fructus Tower

Under construction	Cathedral Plaza Cefin Tower Crystal Tower Dana Complex Dâmboviţa Center Europa Group Towers Flamenco Residences Floreasca City Center Hotel Euroil Monaco Towers Open Sky Residence Orhideea Towers Piraeus Bank Tower Romfelt Plaza Royal Tower Iaşi Sema Parc Hotel Sigma Towers Sky Towers The Mark Uranus Plaza Victoria Complex

By city	Bucharest

Landmarks in Satu Mare

Places of worship	Calvaria Roman Catholic Church Chain Church Decebal Street Synagogue Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral Kűltelki Reformed Church Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Cathedral SS. Michael and Gabriel

Historical buildings	Art Museum Astoria Hotel County Library County Museum Dacia Hotel Dana II Hotel Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic Firemen's Tower North Theater Paul Erdős Workshop Railway Station Villa Bodi

Statues and monuments	Capitoline Wolf Statue Monument of the Romanian Soldier

Bridges	Decebal Bridge Golescu Bridge Iron Bridge

Sports venues	LPS Arena Olimpia Stadium

Other buildings	Administrative Palace Aurora Hotel Coral Hotel Dana Center Dana Complex Dana Hotel Nisco City Center Select World Tower Someşul Mall Traian Plaza

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