Independenta Technical College - B Building

Romania / Sibiu / Ocnei Street, 31
 school, Art Nouveau / Jugendstil (architecture), industrial heritage, 1921_construction

Complex of buildings erected in 1921 by the Romanian Blank for the Herma shoe factory. The factory closed at the end of the 1930s.
The building was bought in November 1941 by the Cluj University which opens here a student hostel for boys.
Since November 1945 here moved Sibiu Social Security House, and since 1948 the Independenta Factory’s Vocational School for Appretices.
Since 1960, the school receives the name Independenta High School, and during 1971-1989 it functioned under the name of the “Mechanic High School no.1” and “Independenta High School”. It worked like this until after 1989. After 1989 the school goes back to the old name.
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Coordinates:   45°48'6"N   24°8'59"E
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