The Cluj-Napoca City Hall, located at 3 Moților Street, is the seat of government for

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

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. Built at the end of the 19th century after the plans of architect Ignác Alpár, it features a Viennese

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

facade with a corner clock tower. Affixed to the tower was the seal of

Kolozs County Kolozs County was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in north-western Romania (north-western Transylvania). The capital ...

, of which the city was the seat when it was part of

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before 1918, as the building initially housed the county's headquarters. The building was erected according to the city's 1798 development plan, whereby every new building had to be approved by the city council. During its days as county headquarters, the building served multiple purposes–as a political, administrative and fiscal centre. At the same time, the large halls hosted exhibitions of both established and younger artists, and, starting at the turn of the 20th century, the city's balls. The building is classified as a historic monument by the

Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony The Ministry of Culture of Romania ( ro, Ministerul Culturii) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. The current position holder is Lucian Romașcanu from the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD). The ' ...

.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Judeţul Cluj
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References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in Cluj-Napoca Baroque architecture in Romania Historic monuments in Cluj County City and town halls in Romania Government buildings completed in 1897