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ZALAU
CITY HALL |
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The cout of arms (escutcheon) of the town
Through the Local Council decision nr. 128/2001,
it was established that the Zalau cout of arms is
made of a red shield with a golden winged young
man. In his right arm he keeps a golden sword, fighting
a black dragon and stepping on it. In his right
hand he keeps a golden scales, on a red background
one can see a silver crenelled girdle. On the upper
place of the cout there is a silver crown made of
seven crenelled towers signifying Zalau’s
rank of town.
The elements on the cout of arms are symbols and
they have a meaning:
- the crenelled girdle signifies the strategic importance
of the town- the border between the Roman Empire
and the Dacians and later the entrance gate to Transilvania.
- the winged young man signifies the fight against
the evil
- the scales signifies the town administration power
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Zalau City Hall works in
a building that is worth being mentioned. According to the
experts, the building housing today the Local Council and
the Zalau City Hall was completed in 1889 and its original
purpuse was to lodge the Prefecture, Law Court, Court and
Prosecutor’s office of the Salaj county.
The building has a trapezoidal plan, with an interior yard
with three entrances from the outside. It has semi-basement,
ground floor and first floor. Like the building , the foundation
is made of brick with wooden floor and small brick arches
among the metallic beams, wooden framework and tile covering.
The inner courtyard presents on the two sides of the first
floor a wooden balcony, supported by cast iron consoles.
The railing is made of the same material. The internal and
exterior carpentry is made of wood.
The front of the building is adorned in a neo-baroc style
and the access is made through a portal guarded by two wrought
ironed street lamps and two volute shaped consoles.
They support the balcony – also with wrought iron
railing- while the access door is made of wood.
The mozaics of the floors used to have in those times, drawing
with floral motifs while in the ground-floor corridors one
can still notice the crossing archways.
The ceiling and walls of the council room are decorated
with profiles and mirrors have been set among the long windows
flanked with wrought iron brackets.
Originally festivity hall, the „ Avram Iancu”
hall is enlightened by a grandiose chandelier , placed in
the centre.  The chandelier weights 1450 kg and was made
of wrought iron. Through an elicoidal staircase one can
pass in the balcony of the room.
The City Hall building is typical for the time it was built
, its architects using unsophisticated and functional solutions,
medieval adornments joined with novatory architectural elements.
All details are perfectly harmonized, the result being a
representative building for the Zalau town, of which its
citizens are proud.
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