Palace of Culture (Târgu Mureș)

The Palace of Culture (Romanian: Palatul Culturii, Hungarian: Kultúrpalota) is an edifice located in the centre of Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Romania.

The Palace of Culture of Târgu Mureș is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.

[1] The Palace of Culture was built between 1911 and 1913 to the request of mayor György Bernády by Marcell Komor (1868-1944) and Dezső Jakab (1864-1932).

With more than 200 seats, the Small Hall, beautifully decorated with floral motifs, is used for cultural and scientific conferences, and for various recitals and concerts.

[4] The inside of the palace housed the City Cinema between 1913 and 1957, the first Romanian Theatre School between 1934 and 1940, the State Theatre of Târgu Mureș between 1946 and 1973, the Fine Arts and Music Secondary School between 1949 and 1970, the Academy of Fine Arts between 1932 and 1949 and the County House for Guidance of Folkloric Creation between 1950 and 1999.