Heritage of Timișoara

Iosefin 25 General Ion Dragalina str.

The Anchor Palace

Alternative names:

Kudelich-Sailer Apartment Building

Completion date:

July 7, 1902

  • Architect: Martin Gemeinhardt
  • Construction authorization: August 24, 1901
  • Property type: Private property
  • Protection type: Historical Site
    Urban site "Vechiul cartier Iosefin"
    TM-II-s-B-06098
  • Main arch. style Historicist/Eclectic
  • Current condition Very good
  • Planimetry Rectangular
  • No. of levels 3
  • Current functions Other
    House
    Other




On the left bank of the Bega Canal, near current Ștefan cel Mare Bridge, is the Kudelich-Sailer Palace, a large-scale building with a storefront and two upper stories. Finished in 1902, the building was one of architect Martin Gemeinhardt’s first creations and owes its appeal to its monumental proportions and the rhythm created by its oversized pediments. The dominant compositional element however is the palace's corner tower, circular and with a conical roof that ends in a decorative finial. The presence of the anchor as an ornamental motif on the tower and the existence of a restaurant named The Golden Anchor gave the building the nickname of The Anchor Palace, but its ties to Timișoara’s nautical history do not end there, as the palace was built where the former Navigational Office of Timișoara’s Commercial Harbour used to be.

Authors of this file:

Research & text: Mihai Moldovan

Field research & mapping: Vlad Pată

Translation into English: Dragoș Nuță

Photographer: Sorin Silaghi, Flavius Neamciuc

Last modified: 4 years ago

Published on: 22 November 2021

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