690 KB80 KB201120252025Hajdinac, Saraštevilka:117/118letnik:30str. 7-46DOI:10.35469/poligrafi.2025.476ISSN:1318-8828COBISSID_HOST:244913667URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-1C3SC9Q6enDruštvo za primerjalno religiologijoPoligrafiartidentitetaidentityMariborOrtodox architecturepoliticspolitikapravoslavna arhitekturaumetnostReligious identity as the state’s tool in modification of public space and its identity| the Yugoslavian concept of the two squares in Maribor|In 1934, after several years of struggle, the Orthodox community of Maribor was awarded a lot to construct a new sacral building on General Maister Square (then Yugoslavia Square) in Maribor, at the site of the recently removed monu-ment dedicated to Vice Admiral Wilhelm Tegetthoff. The square boasts a rich symbolic history, wherein the very names of the square have clearly indicated the identity of the city over time. The new government sought to modify public space in accordance with the new state – these spaces had to be given not only a Slovenian, but also a Yugoslavian identity. The first modification was changing the square’s name to Yugoslavia Square, after which a Serbian Orthodox church was built in the Serbian national architectural style by architect Momir Koruno-vić (1883–1969), who designed all three Serbian sacral buildings in the province of Dravska Banovina (in Maribor, Ljubljana, and Celje). The Church of St. Lazarus was to be ideologically connected to the monument dedicated to King Aleksandar Karađorđević on Liberty Square, which would provide a clear Yugoslavian identity to the city districtpo večletnih prizadevanjih je bilo leta 1934 mariborski pravoslavni skupnosti dodeljeno zemljišče za gradnjo nove sakralne stavbe na takratnem Jugoslovanskem trgu (današnjem Trgu generala Maistra) v Mariboru, na mestu nedavno odstran-jenega spomenika viceadmiralu Wilhelmu Tegetthoffu. Trg ima bogato simbolno zgodovino, saj je že z imenom jasno odražal vsakokratno identiteto mesta v različ-nih zgodovinskih obdobjih. Nova oblast je skušala ta javni prostor preoblikovati po podobi nove države in mu dati ne samo slovensko, temveč tudi jugoslovansko identiteto. Tako je bil najprej preimenovan v Jugoslovanski trg, nato pa je na njem zrasla srbska pravoslavna cerkev. Stavbo je v srbskem narodnem slogu projektiral arhitekt Momir Korunović (1883–1969), ki je zasnoval vse tri srbske sakralne stav-be v Dravski banovini (v Mariboru, Ljubljani in Celju). Cerkev sv. Lazarja je bila zamišljena kot ideološka povezava s spomenikom kralju Aleksandru Karađorđe-viću na Trgu svobode, s čimer naj bi ta predel mesta dobil jasno jugoslovansko identitetoTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZnanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper