Heritage of Timișoara

Iosefin 1 Ion Ghica str.

The Former Palace of Timișoara’s Savings House

Completion date:

September 5, 1906

  • Architect: Arch. Martin Gemeinhardt
  • Construction authorization: May 5, 1906
  • Property type: Private property
  • Protection type: Historical Site
    Urban site "Old neighborhood of Iosefin"
    TM-II-s-B-06098
  • Main arch. style Art Nouveau/Secession
  • Current condition Fair
  • Planimetry Rectangular Complex
  • No. of levels 3
  • Current functions Multiple property
    Store/Supermarket




The palace of the former Savings House, a large-scale building with a commercial ground floor and two upper stories of rented apartments, was built in a record seven months in 1906. The building appeals through its free use of form and the exuberance of its facades, typical of the first period of the architect Gemeinhardt’s career. We find floral, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic decorations on the building, all done in Secession style. The building's corner is emphasized by a two-story oriel window that is covered with a turret and decorative finial. A frequent appearance in the architect's work, a composition with two heralds holding a shield that bears three bees grabs the viewer's attention, pointing out the building's financial function through heraldry.

Authors of this file:

Research & text: Mihai Moldovan

Field research & mapping: Raul Andrei Rusu, Vlad Pată (coordonator)

Translation into English: Dragoș Nuță

Photographer: Flavius Neamciuc

Last modified: 2 years ago

Published on: 22 November 2021

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