1943.Liberty Square
Tram and Crowd at National Flag Square, Beside the Column
Despite the title, this photograph is a street-level view, not an aerial one: a domed corner building carries ALGA lettering down its tower, with a further building along the street signed Takarékpénztár, a savings bank. A tram runs down the street's centre, and a group that includes uniformed men stands gathered on the pavement at right.
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. Országzászló-tér
- Date
- 1943.
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- National Széchényi Library - postcards
- Credit
- National Széchényi Library
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2351 × 1525 px
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