The Suceava Administrative Palace (, ) is a civic and historical building located at number 36 Ștefan cel Mare Street in

Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...

(), the seat town of

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the ...

situated in the

historical region History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

s of

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and

Western Moldavia Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...

, northeastern

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. Designed by Austrian architect

Peter Paul Brang Peter Paul Brang (1852–1925) was a Viennese architect who worked in what are today the Czech Republic and Slovenia, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Some of his works include the City Baths in Liberec (1901–1902) and Ústí nad Labem (1905 ...

, Sandrinio Neagu
“Incendiu puternic la acoperișul Palatului Administrativ din Suceava”
''Monitorul de Suceava'', March 7, 2021 the building features a

Baroque Revival The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in ...

style and dates to 1903–1904, when the town was part of the

Duchy of Bukovina The Duchy of Bukovina (; ; ) was a constituent land of the Austrian Empire from 1849 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until 1918. Name The name ''Bukovina'' came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation ...

(). Initially used as a town hall, it now houses the

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...

and the

Council. It is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Tiberiu Bujdei, Bogdan Groșereanu
“Incendiu de proporții la Suceava”
''Libertatea'', March 6, 2021 The building caught fire in 2021, causing serious damage. Subsequently, beginning in 2022, the Administrative Palace in Suceava has been undergoing rehabilitation/reconstruction works and its roof is still being renovated (as of March 2023). The renovation works will most likely finish at a later point in 2023.

Gallery

File:Palatul Administrativ din Suceava19.jpg, Dated black and white photograph of the Administrative Palace at the round of the 20th century, when Suceava was still under imperial Austrian administration File:Palatul Administrativ din Suceava18.jpg, The Administrative Palace in 2009 File:Palatul_Administrativ_din_Suceava14.jpg, Detail of the tower of the tower of the Administrative Palace File:Palatul Administrativ din Suceava12.jpg, The Administrative Palace in Suceava in 2013 File:The Administrative Palace of Suceava in April 2021.jpg, The Administrative Palace after the fire which swept its roof from March 2021 (photographed here in April 2021) File:Palatul Administrativ ianuarie 2023.jpg, The Administrative Palace undergoing renovation (during early January 2023)

Notes

Baroque Revival architecture in Romania Government buildings completed in 1904 1904 establishments in Austria Historic monuments in Suceava County Buildings and structures in Suceava City and town halls in Romania Prefecture buildings in Romania {{commonscat, Administrative Palace in Suceava