The bilingual caption, Fotér a rom. kath. templommal, Main Square with the Roman Catholic church, uses the city's Hungarian name and spelling, consistent with the Hungarian administration reinstated after the 1941 occupation of the city. A tram curves along the tracks in the foreground as the street opens toward the church spire, with a row of grander buildings, one of them domed, lining the square to the left.
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 templommal
- Date
- 1942.
- Coordinates
- 45.25512, 19.84502
- Source
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs - képeslapok
- Credit
- Zempléni Múzeum, Szerencs
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2324 × 1505 px
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