1896–1918Liberty Square
Main Square, the Town Hall and a policeman on duty
A policeman stands in the foreground of the city's main square, arm raised, with the city hall and its clock tower behind him and the votive column rising to its right. Overhead tram wires cross above the column, and pedestrians and horse-drawn carts move through the square under a cloudy sky. The caption reads only Ujvidék, Fő-tér, the generic Main Square name this publisher used elsewhere for the same Ferenc József tér views.
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 Fő tér
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2367 × 1526 px
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