Novi Sad, SerbiaNovi Sad, Serbia
Novi Sad is the capital city of Vojvodina – a culturally and economically important region of Republic of Serbia. Nowadays, the city has around 220,000 inhabitants, and it is in the second place in Serbia concerning its importance and size.
It belongs to a group of young cities, yet in spite of this, through its history, it has managed to build a high-quality tradition and recognizable charm that does not stop attracting people both from the country and abroad.
At the beginning of the 18th century, when Petrovaradin Fortress became one of the most important Hapsburg forts against the Turks, a settlement that was to be called Novi Sad began its development. Only the catholic population was allowed to settle within the fortress and its immediate vicinity. The rest crossed the river. This is how Varadin moat originated, inhabited mainly by Serbian, Jewish, and Greek merchants who turned out to be quite successful in their trade. During the period, Petrovaradin remained a purely military settlement.
Next massive inhabitance of the moat followed after 1739, when Belgrade fell under the Turkish rule again. Most of the population that fled from the Turks decided to settle here. Connections with Turkey soon turned the moat into one of the most developed merchant settlements on the lower Danube. The city grew so strong that it managed to buy the status of a free royal city – by gaining independence from Petrovaradin. The following natural step was accepting a new name, so it became Novi Sad (meaning “new plantation”, “new grove”, “new seedling”).
In 1849, due to political disturbances caused by Hungarian civil war, fire was opened from Petrovaradin side, which partly destroyed the city, and than caused a blaze. During the reconstruction, Novi Sad acquired shapes recognizable even today. Simultaneously with the material reconstruction, the city consolidated the status of the most important cultural and political centre for Serbs in Austria-Hungary. It was during this period when “Serbian Athens”, a popular name of the city was put into practice.
With establishing of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918, Novi Sad became its important part, and the centre of administration in Vojvodina. With the occupation (1941-1945), difficult days came, especially for Novi Sad Serbs and Jews who were relentlessly oppressed by the occupiers. Nevertheless, after the World War II, a rising path of development occurred, and the city became the centre of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Novi Sad’s incredible strength and love of life, aspirations to material and spiritual prosperity were shown again with successful overcoming the difficult consequences caused by the bombing in 1999.
After the upsetting events, already in 2001, the city managed not only to recover but to reach the level of the important cities of the world, by including EXIT – a music festival of international importance into its cultural body.
Welcome!
Novi Sad fotos by Vanjus
It belongs to a group of young cities, yet in spite of this, through its history, it has managed to build a high-quality tradition and recognizable charm that does not stop attracting people both from the country and abroad.
At the beginning of the 18th century, when Petrovaradin Fortress became one of the most important Hapsburg forts against the Turks, a settlement that was to be called Novi Sad began its development. Only the catholic population was allowed to settle within the fortress and its immediate vicinity. The rest crossed the river. This is how Varadin moat originated, inhabited mainly by Serbian, Jewish, and Greek merchants who turned out to be quite successful in their trade. During the period, Petrovaradin remained a purely military settlement.
Next massive inhabitance of the moat followed after 1739, when Belgrade fell under the Turkish rule again. Most of the population that fled from the Turks decided to settle here. Connections with Turkey soon turned the moat into one of the most developed merchant settlements on the lower Danube. The city grew so strong that it managed to buy the status of a free royal city – by gaining independence from Petrovaradin. The following natural step was accepting a new name, so it became Novi Sad (meaning “new plantation”, “new grove”, “new seedling”).
In 1849, due to political disturbances caused by Hungarian civil war, fire was opened from Petrovaradin side, which partly destroyed the city, and than caused a blaze. During the reconstruction, Novi Sad acquired shapes recognizable even today. Simultaneously with the material reconstruction, the city consolidated the status of the most important cultural and political centre for Serbs in Austria-Hungary. It was during this period when “Serbian Athens”, a popular name of the city was put into practice.
With establishing of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918, Novi Sad became its important part, and the centre of administration in Vojvodina. With the occupation (1941-1945), difficult days came, especially for Novi Sad Serbs and Jews who were relentlessly oppressed by the occupiers. Nevertheless, after the World War II, a rising path of development occurred, and the city became the centre of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Novi Sad’s incredible strength and love of life, aspirations to material and spiritual prosperity were shown again with successful overcoming the difficult consequences caused by the bombing in 1999.
After the upsetting events, already in 2001, the city managed not only to recover but to reach the level of the important cities of the world, by including EXIT – a music festival of international importance into its cultural body.
Welcome!
Novi Sad fotos by Vanjus
