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ART NOVEAU IN SLEEPY SUBOTICA
2010-09-08
Sleepy Subotica is definitely worth a visit, when passing by en route from Budapest to Belgrade. The town lays around 10 kilometres from the border with Hungary, something which can be seen in the city’s architecture. One of the main sights is the Jewish synagogue, built in 1902. The synagogue is built in a Hugarian Art Noveau style. The architects, Marcel Komor and Dezso Jakab, submitted the design in 1899 at the Szeged (Hungary) synagogue design competition, where it got placed second. The architects got the chance to build their design in Subotica, in 1901-1902. It was such a success that the town ordered the architects to design a new town hall.
At risk
The splendid Art Noveau synagogue can now be seen as heritage ‘at risk’. The turbulent events of the nineties hit Serbia hard, even in Subotica, situated far from the centres of conflict. Money for maintenance and restoration of the synagogue, run out. The World Monument Watch programme included the building in the list of the 100 most endangered sites.
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