The Former Subotica Savings Bank Palace

This building was designed in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style by two Jewish architects: Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab. They created the bank in 1907, in between designing the Synagogue and the City Hall. It used to be the only bank on the city’s main street. In addition to the...

  • This building was designed in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style by two Jewish architects: Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab.
  • They created the bank in 1907, in between designing the Synagogue and the City Hall.
  • It used to be the only bank on the city’s main street. In addition to the bank, there was a restaurant on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floors.
  • The bank’s ethos is displayed by the symbols on its façade: a squirrel, symbolizing diligence; a beehive, symbolizing frugality; and an owl, symbolizing wisdom.
  • Art Nouveau buildings in Subotica – especially those designed in the Hungarian variant of the Secession style – were abundantly decorated with ceramic ornaments.

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