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The Palace
of
Culture (Palatul
Culturii)
is
an
edifice
located
in Iași, Romania.
The
building
served
as
Administrative
and
Justice
Palace
until
1955,
when
its
destination
was
changed,
being
assigned
to
the
four
museums
nowadays
united
under
the
name
of Moldavia
National
Museum
Complex.
Also,
the
building
houses
the Cultural
Heritage
Conservation-Restoration
Centre,
and
hosts
various
exhibitions
and
other
events.
Located
in
the
perimeter
of
the
mediaeval
Princely
Court
of Moldavia (from
1434),
the
construction
was
conceived
as
a
rebuilding
and
expansion
project
of
the
former
Princely
Palace
of
Moldavia,
dated
to
the
time
of
Prince Alexandru
Moruzi (1803–1806,
architect
Johan
Freywald),
and
renovated
by
Prince Mihail
Sturdza (1841–1843,
architect
Nicolae
Singurov),
from
which
it
preserved
the
foundations
and
first
two
floors.It
was
from
this
latter
building
that
the
Palace
inherited
the
legend
of
the
365
rooms,
as
many
as
the
days
within
one
year.
The
Romanian
architect I.D.
Berindei was
assigned
to
plan
and
conduct
the
rebuilding
process.
Unlike
the
old
palace,
built
in
a neoclassical
style,
Berindei
chose
to
design
it
in
a
flamboyant Neo-Gothic style.
Started
in
1906–1907,
the
construction
works
were
halted
during World
War
I,
due
to
the
limitation
of
resources,
but
the
unfinished
building
sheltered
Romanian
and
Russian
troops,
and
different
public
institutions
and
military
hospitals.[3] The
monument
was
finally
completed
on
11
October
1925,
and
officially
inaugurated
one
year
later,
by
King Ferdinand
I
of
Romania.
The
building
housed
the
County
Law
Court
and
other
public
institutions
until
1955,
when
it
received
an
exclusive
cultural
function.
During World
War
II,
the
Palace
sheltered
German
troops,
and
then,
Soviet
troops.
In
1975–1977,
the
wood
bridging
from
the
last
floor
was
replaced
with
a
cement
one,
fixed
with
steel
netting.
The
new
bridging
sustained
the
monument
during
the earthquake
of
1977,
but
the
bridging
from
the
first
floor,
the
walls,
the
ornaments
and
the
relief
works
were
affected.
A
large-scale
restoration
project,
considered
one
of
the
most
complex
in
Romania
since
1990,
began
in
2008. The
main
works
were
completed
in
April
2016.
Between
1955
and
2010,
the
Palace
of
Culture
also
hosted
the
main
branch
of
the Iași
County
Library