1950s-1960sIodine Spa
The telephone kiosk outside the spa
A white telephone kiosk lettered Telefon on two faces stands on the pavement in bright sun, a woman in a dark dress looking into it and a girl with a satchel walking past. Behind it a villa of the spa rises over a terrace of cafe tables and chairs set out behind a low wall and railings, with a bay window carrying a moulded mask in a panel between its lights, wrought iron balconies to either side and a deep eaved roof above. A large tree fills the left of the frame and a motorcycle stands at the right.
About this place
Iodine-rich mineral water was struck here in 1897 during drilling for drinking water near the Futog forest. A spa was built from 1908 and opened in 1910, its Secession-style main buildings designed by the Budapest architect Imre Francsek. The complex, which included the Park hotel and a bathhouse, was enlarged in 1931 and remained a well-known resort into the 1960s; its central pool closed in 1977. The buildings today house the Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, the only specialised rheumatology institution in Vojvodina, and the whole ensemble is protected as a cultural-historical complex.
- Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Coordinates
- 45.24982, 19.82854
- Source
- Public online source
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 1256 × 2000 px
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