The Palace of the Republic (Romanian: Palatul Republicii) is an official multi-purpose building as well as a concert and theatre hall in Moldova.
[2] It was initially established in 1984 as the Friendship Hall and was renamed in 1988 to the Republican Center for Culture and Art.
Its creation was timed to coincide with the golden jubilee of the establishment of the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic.
It was considered a major work of Bessebarian architect Ivan Zagoryetskiy (Иван Андреевич Загорецкий).
[3] On 29 June 1994, the center was converted into the Palace of State Officials with the aim of providing services to the foreign ministry and government.