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Subotica
Subotica is a quiet city of 100,000 people in Serbia's Vojvodina
region, on the border with Hungary. Its population includes ethnic
Serbs, Hungarians, Croats and others, and the Hungarian language is
widely spoken.
The town's origins date back to the Middle Ages, although
archeological traces of neolithic, bronze age and other prehistoric
settlements have been found.
The center of Subotica is a showcase of early 20th century buildings
in the Hungarian art nouveau style. Many of them are painted in pastel
candy colors: pink, violet, teal and russet.
The Town Hall, with its distinctive tower, is the town symbol.
It was built in 1910 and designed by the Budapest architects Marcell
Komor and Dezso Jakab, the same architects who desgined the synagogue.
Komor and Jakab also designed the buildings at the lakeside resort
of Palic, north of the city.
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Skyline of Subotica: the Synagogue in the foreground, the tower
of the Town Hall in the rear. Both were designed by Marcell Komor
ad Dezso Jakab
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