1916Iodine Spa
The Municipal Artesian Bath, with an electric tram in front
A color postcard captioned Ujvidék, Novi Sad and Varosi Artezi fürdö, Varoško-Artezko kupatilo tops a view of a domed bath building with a smaller side wing and a factory-style chimney rising behind it. A tram with a loop-shaped current collector atop its pole stands on the track in front, a lone man beside it, while a cluster of men in dark suits gathers near the building's entrance. Young saplings staked along the path suggest recently laid-out grounds.
About this place
Iodine-rich mineral water was struck here in 1897 during drilling for drinking water near the Futog forest. A spa was built from 1908 and opened in 1910, its Secession-style main buildings designed by the Budapest architect Imre Francsek. The complex, which included the Park hotel and a bathhouse, was enlarged in 1931 and remained a well-known resort into the 1960s; its central pool closed in 1977. The buildings today house the Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, the only specialised rheumatology institution in Vojvodina, and the whole ensemble is protected as a cultural-historical complex.
- Date
- 1916
- Coordinates
- 45.24982, 19.82854
- Source
- Public online source
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 1627 × 1054 px
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