Art Nouveau · Oradea

Hotel Astoria (Sztarill Palace)

On local signs: Hotel Astoria (Palatul Sztarill)

It was here, in the former EMKE café, that Ady Endre met Léda, and here that the literary society “A Holnap” was born in 1908.

20 minutes from the hotel
Suggested visit: a few minutes
Best admired from outside
Also suitable for children

Directions from the hotel

Hotel Astoria (Sztarill Palace) – façade, Oradea — Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The story of the place

The Sztarill Palace was built in 1902 by the architect and builder Ferenc Sztarill and extended along Teatrului Street in the following years, in neo-Gothic style with Secession elements. The ground floor housed the EMKE café, where Ady Endre met Léda and where the literary society “A Holnap” was founded in 1908. Converted into a hotel in 1930, it reverted to flats after the war and reopened as a hotel in 1975.

Address: Str. Teatrului no. 1–2 / Piața Regele Ferdinand I, Oradea
Opening hours and tickets: It may be admired from the street at any time.
Full name: Hotel Astoria / Sztarill Palace (Hungarian: Astoria Szálló, Sztarill-palota)

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Included in these walks

Black Eagle Palace – façade, Oradea — Photo: Paralelogram, CC BY-SA 4.0

Three hours

Three hours of Art Nouveau

Oradea’s most beautiful Secession façades, from the Black Eagle Palace to the Apollo Palace.

Highlights: Black Eagle Palace, Moskovits Adolf and Sons Palace and Deutsch K. Ignác Glassware Shop.

A morning or an afternoon.

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