Workers’ Hall (, sr-Cyrl, Раднички дом) in

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is a representative palace in the centre of the town which was completed in 1897. The building was originally built as a ''Hotel Grand'' designed by

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architect Vladimir Nikolić and in 1919 it was purchased by Workers Association and renamed to its contemporary name. In 1920 the building hosted the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The building was heavily devastated during the

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in 1991. The first meeting of the presidency of the newly established

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took place at the Workers' Hall on 12 and 13 November 1997 at the time of finalization of the

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invested 1,64 million Euros into reconstruction of the building with re-opening ceremony in 2013 being attended by

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, Vice Chair of the

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and others. During the same year the building was returned from state into the property of the Town of Vukovar which was the owner of the building during the existence of

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Gallery

Vukovarski-kongres.jpg, Second congress of the

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, Workers' Hall, Vukovar, 1920

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