by August 1898Liberty Square
Five Views of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin, 1898
A five-panel greetings card in an art nouveau frame: the Town Hall, Franz Joseph Square with its column and a passing carriage, the Catholic church tower, Petrovaradin Fortress across the river, and Danube Street. The title bar reads bilingually, Üdvözlet Ujvidékről and Gruss aus Neusatz. A handwritten note addressed to Kedves Melanie, Dear Melanie, fills the lower right corner and is signed Kati.
Published by Ignác Urbán
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 Városház. Ferenc József tér. Római katolikus templom. Pétervárad vár. Duna utca
- Date
- by August 1898
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2446 × 1495 px
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