by May 1941Liberty Square
Liberation Square, the Apoteka Pharmacy Corner and the Column, 1941
A tram stands at the junction below a seven-storey building whose rooftop lettering advertises it as supplier to the Royal Court, Kralj. dvor dobavljač, and whose ground floor carries a pharmacy sign, Apoteka, beside an ornate column crowned with statuary. The caption names the square Trg Oslobođenja, Liberation Square, in Serbian, though the card is dated 5 May 1941, weeks into the Hungarian occupation of the city.
About this place
The main square of Novi Sad, laid out as the town took shape in the 18th century. Under Austria-Hungary it bore the name of Emperor Franz Joseph; it became Liberation Square after 1918 and Liberty Square after the Second World War. The neo-Renaissance Town Hall (1893-1895) and the neo-Gothic Name of Mary Church (1893-1894, with a 72-metre tower) face each other across it, both designed by architect György Molnár. The Tanurdžić Palace on the square followed in 1933. The seven-metre bronze monument to Svetozar Miletić by Ivan Meštrović was erected in 1939, hidden during the wartime occupation, and returned to the square in late 1944.
On the card
Újvidék Trg. Oslobodjenja
- Date
- by May 1941
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2397 × 1546 px
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