Hilt-Vogel Palace | |
Native Name: | Palatul Hilt-Vogel |
Native Name Lang: | ro |
Coordinates: | 45.7519°N 21.2242°W |
Alternate Names: | Hilt Palace |
Architectural Style: | Secession |
Location: | Victory Square, Timișoara |
Start Date: | 1911 |
Completion Date: | 1913 |
Material: | Brick, reinforced concrete |
The Hilt-Vogel Palace (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Palatul Hilt-Vogel) is a historic building in Victory Square in Timișoara, Romania. It was built between 1911 and 1913, according to the plans of Hungarian architect .[1] The building is attached to the Széchényi Palace, designed by the same architect.[2] The architecture of the building corresponds to the Art Nouveau style, the szecesszió current,[3] and is made of brick, reinforced concrete, iron and tin and copper elements in the case of the parapets of the balconies.[4]
On the ground floor of the building is the Helios art gallery (former art gallery of the Timișoara Plastic Fund), moved here in 1968.[5] Over the years it has hosted over 1,000 exhibitions of visual artists from Timișoara, including, Adalbert Luca,, Julius Podlipny and Romul Nuțiu.