by June 1902Liberty Square
Franz Joseph Square, an Ornamental Lamp in the Foreground
The bilingual title, Ujvidek, Neusatz, gives the city's Hungarian and German names together, and the card's own imprint at lower left credits the publisher as Urban Ignacz. A tall ornamental lamp stands in the foreground of the square, today's Trg slobode, with a long shopfront-lined building to the left and the bank building at right; horse carriages and pedestrians in overcoats occupy the open paving, with no tram or rail line yet crossing it. A handwritten date beneath the printed title matches the card's 1902 use.
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 Ferenc József tér
- Date
- by June 1902
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2338 × 1546 px
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