The Cluj-Napoca Railway Station Palace is one of the most representative buildings of the city, marking its transformation into a modern urban space. The foundation stone of the building was laid on January 7, 1869, and the station was inaugurated in the fall of 1870, when the first train on the Oradea-Cluj route arrived at the station.
In 1902, a new building of the railway station was built, in eclectic style, dominated by a hall that is still the transit space between the station platform and the city. The fundamental artistic element of the Railway Station Palace is the large glazed portal, rounded at the top, corresponding to the hall space, a specific element of the great European Railway Stations.
