1896–1918Liberty Square
Franz Joseph Square, a Crowd Gathered at the Column
A black and white view of Ferenc József tér with the Novi Sad city hall and its clock tower behind. A votive column topped with a cross stands at the center, ringed by a crowd in early twentieth-century dress. A line of horse-drawn cabs waits along the left side of the square. The caption reads only Ujvidék, Ferencz József-tér a Városházával, with no German or Serbian text.
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 Ferenc József tér a városházával
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2290 × 1492 px
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