Curated Itinerary
Art Nouveau in Oradea: A Walking Tour of the Secession Quarter
Six Secession palaces in the centre of Oradea: Füchsl, the Darvas–La Roche House, Apollo, Ullmann, Stern and Moskovits Adolf and Sons.
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From Füchsl Palace (Palatul Füchsl), Oradea to Moskovits Adolf and Sons Palace, in the order we curated them.
➤ Turn on the navigator in Google MapsIt opens in the Google Maps app with every stop already loaded, in the order we put them in. From there the route is yours: pick how you travel — on foot, by bike, by public transport or by car — change where you start and where you end, drag the stops into a different order, and add places of your own along the way.
Between 1900 and 1910 Oradea built itself a Secession face with no equal in eastern Europe. The six palaces of this walk are within a kilometre of each other, in the streets on both sides of the Crișul Repede.
What you see
The walk opens with the Füchsl Palace (1903), the first Secession palace in the city, its façade wound with carved vines and grapes, and the Darvas–La Roche House (1912), now Romania’s first Art Nouveau museum.
The Apollo (Kálmán Rimanóczy Jr., 1914), the Ullmann (Ferenc Löbl, 1913), the Stern (Komor and Jakab, 1909) and the Moskovits Adolf and Sons Palace (the Vágó brothers, 1911) follow, each with its own version of the style: floral reliefs, curved gables, coloured ceramics.
How to do it
On foot, six stops, 3.1 kilometres measured on the streets, about three hours including the time to look at the façades.
When to go
Spring and early autumn; the façades read best in the morning light.
Read the article
The magazine has a longer piece on this walk, with a photograph of each building and the history behind it: Art Nouveau in Oradea, six palaces on foot.
Step by step
Füchsl Palace (Palatul Füchsl), Oradea
The first Secession palace in Oradea (1903), by Bálint and Jámbor, its façade wound with carved vines and grapes.
Darvas–La Roche House
A 1912 Secession townhouse in Oradea by the Vágó brothers, now Romania’s first Art Nouveau museum.
Apollo Palace (Palatul Apollo), Oradea
A 1914 Secession palace in Oradea by Kálmán Rimanóczy Jr., part of the city’s dense Art Nouveau ensemble.
Ullmann Palace (Palatul Ullmann), Oradea
A 1913 Viennese-Secession palace in Oradea by Ferenc Löbl, among the city’s most representative Art Nouveau buildings.
Stern Palace (Palatul Stern), Oradea – Virtual Tour 360°
A 1909 Secession palace in Oradea by Komor and Jakab, another of the duo’s Art Nouveau landmarks in the city.
Moskovits Adolf and Sons Palace
A 1911 Viennese-Secession palace in Oradea by the Vágó brothers, a landmark of the city’s Art Nouveau.
Download for tour navigation
PDF is the stop list with GPS, to print or keep on the phone. GPX for Garmin / Komoot / OsmAnd. KML for Google Earth and Maps.
Walk it with the navigator on
It opens in the Google Maps app with every stop already loaded, in the order we put them in. From there the route is yours: pick how you travel — on foot, by bike, by public transport or by car — change where you start and where you end, drag the stops into a different order, and add places of your own along the way.
To keep the route in the app instead of opening it once, download the KML above and import it into Google My Maps — Create a new map, then Import: the route then sits among your own maps in Google Maps, with the stops and our notes attached to each one.