Freedom Square or Liberty Square ( sr-cyrl, Трг Слободе, Trg Slobode) is the main

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Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

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. It's the largest town square in the country. Numerous cafés and restaurants are located in the square, as well as many stores, banks and an art gallery. It also serves as one of the main concert venues in the city.

History

The urban plan for the city was commissioned by King Nicholas in 1883, and designed by Josip Slade, an architect from

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. Trg Slobode was modeled on the

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square - there is one main street passing through it ('' Njegoševa street''), and four other streets leading to the square. The square has a large fountain, colloquially called the Swan Lake ( Montenegrin: Labudovo jezero ''Лабудово језеро''), built in 2004. On May 9, 2006, the Victory Day over Fascism, a large monument to King Nicholas was uncovered by

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. The author of the monument is Miodrag Živković, a sculptor from

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. The monument's total height is 9.15 metres, and the bronze sculpture of King Nicholas itself weighs 5 tonnes.

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