by April 1910Liberty Square
Franz Joseph Square, the Savings Bank and a Domed Hotel
Colour-tinted, with the Holy Trinity column at centre and a tram passing beside it in the square now called Trg slobode. The corner building at right carries a large insurance company's sign across its upper storey, and the surrounding roofs are tinted in reds and purples over the original photograph. Carriages and pedestrians fill the open ground around the column's base.
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 Ferenc József tér
- Date
- by April 1910
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2311 × 1501 px
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