About Black Eagle Palace
The Black Eagle Palace is the emblem of the city of Oradea, being the most famous or the most monumental building in the city. It is built in the secession architectural style. Its story begins with the Eagle Inn located on the site of today's palace and with the project of architectural reorgaanization of the Small Square, as it was called before today's Union Square. The Eagle's Inn was a brewery, a hotel and the host of many events.
In 1903, the City launched a design competition for the reconstruction of the Hotel Vulturul. Thirteen projects were submitted, three of which were awarded prizes. The first prize went to the Hungarian secularist architects Dezső Jakab and Marcell Komor and was rewarded with 1600 crowns. The project had several variants. Later, the town hall considered that it did not have the finances to implement the project and sold the land and buildings. The Eagle Hotel was bought in 1906 by lawyers and entrepreneurs Ede Kurländer and Emil Adorján. The two then implemented the winning project in a competition initiated by the city council a few years earlier.
On November 19, 1906 the demolition of the old building began, and work on the foundation started in March 1907. Also in 1907, the "Black Eagle and Green Tree Joint Stock Company" ("Fekete Sas és Zöldfa szálloda és Vigadó Részvénytársaság") was established and registered at the Chamber of Commerce in Oradea in 1907. The main directors and shareholders were Dr. Ede Kurländer and Dr. Emil Adorján, who deposited a capital of 50 000 crowns, divided into 50 shares. Adorján set up the Vesta brick factory and his own bank in order to avoid speculation in materials on the open market. The builder was Ferenc Sztarill. The Black Eagle complex was completed in December 1908 and inaugurated in 1909.
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