The Palace of Culture in Iași, one of the most important and imposing sights in the capital of Moldova, continues to arouse the interest of tourists. The building has been voted one of the most beautiful buildings illuminated at night in the world.
Hall of Voivods Palace of Culture Iasi
Thus, the jewel in the center of Iasi manages to gather, annually, thousands of tourists from all corners of the world. A proof of this fact is the receipts recorded during the year 2023.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors in a single year
In 2023, the Palace of Culture in Iasi collected no less than 2,525,894 lei from the sale of tickets. The number of people who visited the cultural institution is 388,658.
The Palace of Culture houses four museums of national stature. These are the History Museum of Moldova, the Ethnographic Museum of Moldova, the Museum of Art and the “Ștefan Procopiu” Museum of Science and Technology.
In 2023, the History Museum of Moldova registered the largest number of visitors among the four objectives hosted by the Palace of Culture, 109,952 people to be exact. This museum has the ability to present the past of the entire historical Moldova, from ancient times to the contemporary period.
The Palace of Culture, also beautiful at night
Those who managed to reach the center of Iasi know that, during the night, the image of the Palace is special.
In 2019, the famous and imposing building in the center of Iași, which can be seen from almost all areas of the city, was included in a list of the most beautiful buildings to be seen at night. The Palace of Culture is in select company, alongside the Royal Palace in Madrid, the Palace of Versailles, the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. In the ranking made in 2019, by Rolandia, the Palace of Culture occupied the third position.
The Palace of Culture was built over the medieval royal court of Moldavia from 1434. Legend has it that the first reconstruction and expansion project of the Palace of Moldavia was commissioned by Alexandru Moruzi, ruler of the time, in 1803. Until 1841, the Palace was rebuilt again by Prince Mihai Sturza. In 1906, the building went through an extensive reconstruction process, being approached in the neo-Gothic style. The renovations were stopped by the First World War, but were completed in 1925. Thus, the inauguration was done a year later, by King Ferdinand.
The Palace of Culture in Iasi at night
