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The Ministry of Interior Palace is a building on Revolution Square in Bucharest, Romania. It houses the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Palace of the Ministry of Interior is the work of architects Paul Smărăndescu, Petre H.

Ionescu, and Emil Nadejde, who successively held the positions of Chief Architects and General Directors of the Architecture Service / Technical Office of the Ministry of Interior throughout the entire design and construction process, making a significant and cumulative contribution to the completion of this landmark building. Parliament approved the building in 1912, as the old ministry headquarters had become cramped. In 1938, King Carol II ordered work to begin.

Architect Paul Smărăndescu drew up plans based on the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus in Berlin and the state security building in Bratislava. Emil Prager became head engineer in 1939. Work was interrupted by World War II but resumed afterwards, being completed in 1949.

During the war, it served as a shelter from bombing raids. During the period 1945–1949, construction works were resumed under the direction of architects from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Emil Nădejde, General Director, and Petre H. Ionescu...