Bence House (Serbian: ''Бенцеова кућа'') is a palace in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It was built in 1909 in the style of

Vienna secession The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austri ...

History

The palace was projected as a modern department store. The owner of the palace was Miksa Bence, owner of the local

furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Fu ...

factory (established in 1861). He wanted to have a huge, modern showroom for his products. Building has large shop-windows, which shows that it was a trade object. Bence's house represents the first modernly designed building in the King Alexander I Street, main pedestrian street in

Today

After a hundred years, Bence House is still a furniture shop. {{coord, display=title Zrenjanin Buildings and structures in Vojvodina Houses completed in 1909 1909 establishments in Serbia Art Nouveau architecture in Serbia Art Nouveau houses