by April 1902Liberty Square
Bird's-eye view of Main Square and the Church of the Name of Mary
The view is taken from a high vantage point looking across rooftops toward the spire, with a second, smaller church tower visible in the distance to the left and a long straight street continuing past the church into the town's outskirts. A handwritten greeting and the signature Kalman appear beneath the printed title. The heading, bilingual in Hungarian and German, identifies the church as the Roman Catholic parish church, and the card's own imprint credits Verlag J. Singer, Hofotograf, Ujvidek.
Published by Josef Singer
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 Főtér a római katolikus plébániatemplommal
- Date
- by April 1902
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2368 × 1546 px
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