Old Vojvodina hotel
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Old Vojvodina Hotel is a building of the former "Vojvodina" hotel. It is located on the central square, Trg Slobode (Liberty Square), in Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...

, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, next to the famous theatre building
Theatre building, Zrenjanin
Theatre building in Zrenjanin was built in 1839 from the old wheat warehouse. It is located at the city main square - Trg slobode...

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History

Hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...

 "Rózsa" was built in 1886 by the projects of Bela Peklo from Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, in neorenaissance. It has two floors and a back yard to the Begej river
Bega
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. After 1918 hotel was renamed to "Vojvodina" and was the best hotel in Veliki Bečkerek. Hotel stayed in this building until 1972, when a new building
Building
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 was built just beside the old building.

Today

After 1972, the building was no more a hotel. Since then, the ground floor became a bank
Bank
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, while the upper floors became office
Office
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s.

The facade
Facade
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 was restored the last time in 2004, when flood lights were installed, so today it is possible to see all its beauty.

See also

  • Tourism in Serbia
    Tourism in Serbia
    Serbia stretches across two geographic and cultural regions of Europe: Central Europe and Southeast Europe. This boundary splits Serbia roughly in a ratio of 1:2 alongside the Danube and Sava rivers. The northern parts of the country are Central-European lowlands while the southern and central...

  • National Theatre "Toša Jovanović"
    National Theatre "Toša Jovanović"
    National Theatre "Toša Jovanović" is a theatre in Zrenjanin, Serbia. It was named after Toša Jovanović, the famous theatre actor from Zrenjanin, who lived in 19th century....

  • Theatre building, Zrenjanin
    Theatre building, Zrenjanin
    Theatre building in Zrenjanin was built in 1839 from the old wheat warehouse. It is located at the city main square - Trg slobode...

  • Finance palace
    Finance palace
    Finance palace, is a two-floored neo-renaissance palace on the main square in Zrenjanin and one of the most beautiful buildings in the city...

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