Former ''Transsylvania'' General Insurance Bank Palace

Romania / Sibiu / Nicolae Bălcescu Street, 1-3
 palace, place with historical importance, Eclectic (architecture), 1899_construction, 19th century construction
Former Transsylvania General Insurance Association palace. Built 1898-99.
A ground floor and two floors building. Along with two other buildings they form two courtyards.
The eclectic facade is divided into eleven axes with two access corridors.
The commemorative plaque on the building refers to Tribuna newspaper, which had its first office here between the years 1884-1888 and whose editor was the famous Romanian poet George Cosbuc “In this place was Tribuna newspaper’s editorial and among its editors was, between 1887-1889, the famous Romanian poet George Cosbuc”

HISTORY:
In the old building Ioan Slavici’s Tribuna had its first office between 1884-1888.
Here was the office of the largest insurance bank from Transylvania, opened in 1868.
In the building behind building no 3 was, since 1900, Emil Fischer’s photographic studio

In this building

  1. Autonom Rent-a-car
  2. Internet Cafe ( Cyber Cafe)
  3. Transilvania Tattoo
  4. D&D Fashion Men
  5. JUNE
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  1. Seroussi
  2. Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR)
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Coordinates:   45°47'43"N   24°9'5"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago