A group of men in coats gather under umbrellas on the wet cobblestones of the square, which reflects the tall Gothic Revival cathedral behind them. An old car is parked at the curb, and stacked cafe chairs and tables stand roped off along the right side of the square. The source names the square as Trg Slobode, known before the war as Ferenc Jozsef ter, and identifies the church as the Church of the Name of Mary. It dates the photograph to 1942.
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
[…]TELEFON
A shop fascia along the right-hand side of the square ending in TELEFON. Large hoardings above it stand blank.
- Date
- 1942
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Fortepan
- Credit
- Fortepan / Zagyva Tiborné
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Size
- 2657 × 4048 px
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