- The lounge of Dr Laza Kostić is an ambient reminder of the second half of the 19th century
- Dr Laza Kostić was born in Kovilj in 1841 and died in Vienna in 1910. He was a great Serbian poet, playwright, aesthetician, writer, and lawyer
- He was an organiser of the liberation and unification of the Serbian people and a close associate of Svetozar Miletić
- After marrying Julijana Palanački in 1895, Kostić spent the last 15 years of his life in Sombor. He had a great influence on cultural and political events in the city
