by September 1902Liberty Square
The Main Square, Novi Sad, a Second Spire in the Distance, 1902
The bilingual heading, Ujvidek fotere, Hauptplatz, appears beside the printed imprint crediting Verlag J. Singer, Hoffotograf, Neusatz at lower left. The Town Hall's clock tower dominates the square, with a second, smaller church spire visible in the distance to the right. A handwritten holiday greeting to the recipient and their colleagues is added in a language other than the card's own Hungarian and German, reflecting the mixed readership of these cards.
Photographed by Josef Singer · 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
Ujvidék fötere. Hauptplatz. / Verlag J. Singer, Hoffotograf, Neusatz.
Novi Sad's main square, the Hauptplatz. Published by J. Singer, court photographer, Novi Sad.
- Date
- by September 1902
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2401 × 1546 px
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