1941–1942Liberty Square
National Flag Square Seen From Above, Toward the Town Hall
The main square seen from high above, from a tower or an upper window, under its occupation name Országzászló tér, National Flag Square. The Town Hall's clock tower rises at the left over its arcaded front, a dark square has been laid out in the open ground before it with a low pedestal at its centre, and the Holy Trinity column stands in the foreground. A tram and parked cars line the road at the foot of the Town Hall, tram rails curve across the square, pedestrians cross the open paving, and a domed building signed Flóra stands across the square at the centre. Copies of the card are dated 1942 and 15 November 1943.
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
- 1941–1942
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2480 × 1546 px
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