Building of Municipality of Kiustendil
The Kiustendil "Alma Mater"
A few years after the Liberation, the Pedagogical School was built according to a project by the Viennese architect Friedrich Grunanger. The building of Kyustendil’s “Alma Mater” was opened in 1894 and to this day, it proudly stands in the ideal center.
At the top you can see the clock tower, whose mechanism was made by the famous master Georgi Mihailov.
Its bell was cast in the distant year 1429 and taken from the old clock tower Saatkulesi. Formerly, Saatkulesi stood on the square and then, it was destroyed in the late 19th century.
The building has changed its purpose many times over the years:
During the First World War, it was the headquarters of the Army in Action. It was visited by a multitude of Allies representatives, among wich is the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles.
After 1930, it housed the Judicial Chamber of Kyustendil, which is the first courtroom in Bulgaria;
Between 1959 and 1973, the District Committee of the Communist Party was housed there, and then the Municipal People's Council.
Today the building houses the Municipality of Kyustendil. The meetings of the Municipal Council are conductedin it.
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Important: This TV clip and virtual tours are made with the support of the European Union, through the Interreg Program – IPA for cross-border cooperation Bulgaria-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, CCI No 2014TC16I5CB006. The content of the video and the tours is the sole responsibility of the Kyustendil Chamber of Commerce and Industry and should in no way be construed as an expression of the opinion of the European Union or the Managing Authority of the Program.
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The project is co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg Program – IPA for Cross-Border Cooperation Bulgaria – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia CCI No. 2014TC16I5CB006