1896–1918Iodine Spa
The Artesian Bath's restaurant terrace, Novi Sad
Awninged terraces shelter rows of cafe tables in front of the Artesian Bath's twin domed towers, with an obelisk monument standing in the garden. The Hungarian and German only caption, with no Cyrillic, is consistent with the Austro-Hungarian era.
About this place
Iodine-rich mineral water was struck here in 1897 during drilling for drinking water near the Futog forest. A spa was built from 1908 and opened in 1910, its Secession-style main buildings designed by the Budapest architect Imre Francsek. The complex, which included the Park hotel and a bathhouse, was enlarged in 1931 and remained a well-known resort into the 1960s; its central pool closed in 1977. The buildings today house the Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, the only specialised rheumatology institution in Vojvodina, and the whole ensemble is protected as a cultural-historical complex.
On the card
Újvidék Ártézi fürdő
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.24982, 19.82854
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2352 × 1523 px
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