An ornate multi-globed lamp standard rises from a small fenced garden in Elisabeth Square, where a horse cart waits and an electric tram passes on the far side. One of the figures gathered by the lamp wears a Red Cross armband. Church towers rise in the distance. The Hungarian and German Erzsebet ter and Elisabeth Platz caption, honoring the Habsburg empress and carrying no Cyrillic, is consistent with the pre-1918 name for this square.
About this place
A square distinct from the main square. Habsburg-era cards use the name Erzsebet for both a square and a hotel, which makes the two easy to confuse. The main post office stood on it, and cards caption the pair together as Erzsebet-ter a fopostaval, Elizabeth Square with the main post office. The higher commercial school stood on it too. Erzsebet ter became Wilson Square and is today Trg mladenaca. The Serbian name Trg Marije Trandafil belongs to a different square 678 m north-east.
On the card
Újvidék Erzsébet tér
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.25344, 19.84283
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2384 × 1512 px
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