1914Liberty Square
Franz Joseph Square in Colour, a Tram by the Town Hall
A colorized view of Ferenc József tér looking toward the Novi Sad city hall and its clock tower. A tall votive column topped with a cross and figures of saints stands in the foreground, ringed by horse-drawn carriages, market stalls, and pedestrians in long coats and wide hats. A tram runs along the right side of the square past a building with a striped awning. The caption is printed in Hungarian and German. The publisher's imprint dates the card to 1914, on the eve of the First World War.
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 a városházával
- Date
- 1914
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2298 × 1513 px
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