The Adminstrative Palace - The Union Palace - The „Crucea Albă” Hotel - The old Orthodox Cathedral - The „Vasile Goldiș” Memorial Museum - The „Ștefan Cicio-Pop” Memorial House - The Trainstation
1. The Administrative Palace
The building plan was originally designed by the architect Ödön Lechner from Budapest. Because of financial reasons, at the request of the city management the plan was modified by the architect Ferenc Pekar from Arad. From the old plan, the new project has kept only three floors in the main entrance, closing a side from the park. The 54 m high tower is reminder regarding the Flemish municipalities, many elements of Flemish Renaissance ornamentation can be found on the building. The main entrance to the building is done on an impressive scale covered with red marble that leads upstairs to a large imposing hall.
The stained glass windows are made by Sever Frenţiu, painter, designer and president of the Branch Arad Artists Union. They are placed in the stairwell of the main entrance hall of the building Hall.
Monumental stained glass windows representing the theme "the seasons" and
"the months" are great allegorical works inspired from medieval Romanian decorations. The impressive form of glass come together in a perfect harmony of colors, conceived as a state of tightening worthy of the great artists of the Renaissance.
The inauguration of the building took place in 1877, a year being bought and brought from Switzerland the clock that still works today. Today the building houses the Town Hall of Arad and Arad county prefecture.
2.The Union Palace
Located not far from County building (Revolution Boulevard , No. 81 ), it was built during 1870 and 1871. One can notice the gate with arched facade with classical columns, timpanon balcony. Also, upstairs there is a spacious festive hall, decorated with stucco.
3.The „Crucea Albă” Hotel
The building has been built 1840 after the plans of the austrian architect Franz Mahler. The building is dominated by classical elements such as columns, which were maintained even though it has surpassed many renovations. In the main hall of the hotel there were concerts lead by famous musicians such as Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss jr., Johannes Brahms, Pablo Casals.
4.The old orthodox cathedral
The ”St. John the Baptist Cathedral” is a baroque architectural monument built between 1862-1865 under the supervision of Anton Ziegler. The Mocioni family and the banker Gheorghe Sina were the main financial supporters of this building.
The two towers from the front were hightened in 1904 and have each got a clock on every side. The church has been a cathedral of the Bishopric of Arad until the year of 2009, when the Holy Trinity Cathedral had gained this rank.
Between 1962-1972 Teoctist Arăpașu has been a bishop in Arad, later on Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
5.The „Vasile Goldiș Museum”
The museum is a private initiative of the Western University "Vasile Goldiș", set in the building that hosted quite a while the newspaper "Românul", a building with a symbolic value for the community of Arad. The initiative was meant to challenge time, letting the great events that took place inside of it get to life, at the time when the strategy for the Great Unification was being planned. The idea of this permanent exhibition was to reveal the lifestyle of those who lived there and also to reveal the struggles that represented the cultural life of a newsroom that made history, the one of the '''Românul'' newspaper.
6.The „Ștefan Cicio-Pop” memorial museum
The building is the place where Stefan Cicio Pop moved from Budapest, at 31 October 1918. Later the edifice became the headquarters of the National Romanian Central Council. From here was coordinated all the action that made the Great Union happen.
7. The Trainstation
The trainstation was built on the site of the old station, after the plans of architect Lajos Szantay; the building is representative for Arad, it belongs to the geometric Secession period and the façade is made out of brick.
1. The Administrative Palace
The building plan was originally designed by the architect Ödön Lechner from Budapest. Because of financial reasons, at the request of the city management the plan was modified by the architect Ferenc Pekar from Arad. From the old plan, the new project has kept only three floors in the main entrance, closing a side from the park. The 54 m high tower is reminder regarding the Flemish municipalities, many elements of Flemish Renaissance ornamentation can be found on the building. The main entrance to the building is done on an impressive scale covered with red marble that leads upstairs to a large imposing hall.
The stained glass windows are made by Sever Frenţiu, painter, designer and president of the Branch Arad Artists Union. They are placed in the stairwell of the main entrance hall of the building Hall.
Monumental stained glass windows representing the theme "the seasons" and
"the months" are great allegorical works inspired from medieval Romanian decorations. The impressive form of glass come together in a perfect harmony of colors, conceived as a state of tightening worthy of the great artists of the Renaissance.
The inauguration of the building took place in 1877, a year being bought and brought from Switzerland the clock that still works today. Today the building houses the Town Hall of Arad and Arad county prefecture.
2.The Union Palace
Located not far from County building (Revolution Boulevard , No. 81 ), it was built during 1870 and 1871. One can notice the gate with arched facade with classical columns, timpanon balcony. Also, upstairs there is a spacious festive hall, decorated with stucco.
3.The „Crucea Albă” Hotel
The building has been built 1840 after the plans of the austrian architect Franz Mahler. The building is dominated by classical elements such as columns, which were maintained even though it has surpassed many renovations. In the main hall of the hotel there were concerts lead by famous musicians such as Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss jr., Johannes Brahms, Pablo Casals.
4.The old orthodox cathedral
The ”St. John the Baptist Cathedral” is a baroque architectural monument built between 1862-1865 under the supervision of Anton Ziegler. The Mocioni family and the banker Gheorghe Sina were the main financial supporters of this building.
The two towers from the front were hightened in 1904 and have each got a clock on every side. The church has been a cathedral of the Bishopric of Arad until the year of 2009, when the Holy Trinity Cathedral had gained this rank.
Between 1962-1972 Teoctist Arăpașu has been a bishop in Arad, later on Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
5.The „Vasile Goldiș Museum”
The museum is a private initiative of the Western University "Vasile Goldiș", set in the building that hosted quite a while the newspaper "Românul", a building with a symbolic value for the community of Arad. The initiative was meant to challenge time, letting the great events that took place inside of it get to life, at the time when the strategy for the Great Unification was being planned. The idea of this permanent exhibition was to reveal the lifestyle of those who lived there and also to reveal the struggles that represented the cultural life of a newsroom that made history, the one of the '''Românul'' newspaper.
6.The „Ștefan Cicio-Pop” memorial museum
The building is the place where Stefan Cicio Pop moved from Budapest, at 31 October 1918. Later the edifice became the headquarters of the National Romanian Central Council. From here was coordinated all the action that made the Great Union happen.
7. The Trainstation
The trainstation was built on the site of the old station, after the plans of architect Lajos Szantay; the building is representative for Arad, it belongs to the geometric Secession period and the façade is made out of brick.