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Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ⓘ; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions.
In 1780, Novi Sad had about 2,000 houses, of which 1,144 were Serbian. For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, Novi Sad was the largest city populated with ethnic Serbs in the world. After 1867, Novi Sad was located within the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.
The original palace was constructed in 1741 by Bishop Visarion Pavlović, located near the newly built Saint George's Cathedral. [2] However, it was destroyed during the bombing of Novi Sad in June 1849 during the Serb uprising of 1848–49. [1] The palace was completed in 1901 and has since served as the residence of the Bishop of Bačka. [2]
Map of the urban area of Novi Sad with city quarters, showing the location of Stari grad. The eastern borders of Stari grad are Kej žrtava racije (Quay of the victims of raid) and Beogradski kej (Belgrade Quay), the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara (Tzar Lazar Boulevard), the western border is Bulevar oslobođenja (Liberation Boulevard), the north-western borders are Jevrejska ulica ...
Petrovaradin Fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, pronounced [pɛtrɔʋarǎdiːnskaː tʋř̩dʑaʋa]; Hungarian: Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", [1] [2] [3] is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located on ...
First port of Novi Sad. A river port for tourist ships on the Danube River in Novi Sad near Varadin Bridge, location of the first port. The port of Novi Sad was founded in 1910. The sailors anchored on the left bank of the Danube as close to the city core as possible. Between the two world wars, this was the largest trading port by volume in ...
Location. Liberty Bridge (Serbian: Мост слободе, romanized: Most slobode) is a cable-stayed bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. The bridge was opened for traffic on 23 October 1981. During that time, the bridge was the world record holder in the category of bridges with cable-stayed design.
The University of Novi Sad (Serbian: ... It is composed of 14 faculties and three scientific institutes located in four university cities - Novi Sad, Sombor, ...