Cathedral Plaza is an

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, close to the

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. It has 19 floors and a surface of 23,000 m². At a height of 75 m (246 ft), the structure was finished in 2010,Cathedral Plaza on Emporis
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Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central and Eastern E ...

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.Judecătorii au decis: Cathedral Plaza trebuie pusă la pământ
13 iulie 2011, ''Adevărul'' The demolition order was issued in July 2022.Primarul Capitalei, Nicușor Dan, a semnat dispoziția de demolare pentru Cathedral Plaza, clădirea de birouri de lângă Catedrala Romano-Catolică Sf. Iosif
20 iulie 2022, Roxana Rosu, Business Magazin

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