Glass passage
Cafés and shops.
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The Black Eagle Palace, or Vulturul Negru, is a landmark of the city of Oradea in western Romania, on Union Square in the city centre. It is the most important building in Oradea's Secession style, the Hungarian take on Art Nouveau. It was built in 1907–1908 by the architects Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab, on the site of an earlier palace with a hall for cultural events. It is a corner building with a high ground floor and four storeys, in two wings joined by a glass-roofed passage that leads to three streets. The stained-glass window of a black eagle, which became the building's emblem, was made in 1909 in a local workshop. The facade on the square is asymmetrical, with soft flowing ornament, balconies and small towers in cream and yellow. Inside, a long vaulted passage under a broad glass roof is lined with cafés and shops, ending at the stained-glass eagle window. When it opened it held a casino, hotel, offices and restaurant, and today it is a social meeting place full of cafés and restaurants. The passage is open to passers-by and free to walk through.
Cafés and shops.
Stained glass.
Flowing ornament.
1 Independenței Street, Union Square, Oradea, Romania
Yes, the passage is open to all.
Komor and Jakab.