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The settlement from which Stari grad (and Novi Sad) developed was founded in 1694. This settlement was known as Racka varoš or Petrovaradinski Šanac and was part of the Danube military frontier. The original area of Petrovaradin Šanac was in the northwest part of today's Stari grad and the southwest part of today's Podbara.
Religious architecture in Novi Sad is very diverse. Majority of the believers in Novi Sad are from Serbian Orthodox Church, while others are from Roman Catholic Church, many Protestant churches, and Jewish community. Stari Grad is the place with the majority of churches and temples, and they were all built in the 18th and 19th century.
Novi Sad, Stari Grad (Old Town) panoramic view, 2022. The city lies on the meander of the river Danube, which is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin. [28] A section of the Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal marks the northern edge of the wider city centre.
The settlement officially gained the present name Novi Sad (Neoplanta in Latin) in 1748 when it became a "free royal city". 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.
The building is located on Trg slobode (Freedom Square), in the Stari Grad (Old Town) district. The current building has been the center of the city administration for over 100 years while the institution of the Magistrate itself dates back to 1748, the year Novi Sad gained the status of a free royal city.
The City Museum of Novi Sad (Serbian: Музеј града Новог Сада, Muzej grada Novog Sada; Hungarian: Újvidéki Városi Múzeum; Slovak: Múzeum mesta Nový Sad; Rusyn: Музей града Новог Сада) founded in 1954, is a complex city museum focusing on Novi Sad's, capital of the province of Vojvodina in Serbia, development from its origins to the modern era. [1]
Neighborhood south of the park, and former municipality of Novi Sad, is called Liman today. The area was a proper, large bog, known for the abundance of reeds , willows, mosquitos and frogs. Additionally, the entire locality was lower than the surrounding land, as the earth was dug and used for the construction of the embankment on the Danube's ...
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