On 1 February 1748, Novi Sad gained the status of a royal free city of the Kingdom of Hungary within the Austrian Empire, yet it lacked an administrative building.

[6][7][5] The Magistrate would move due to budgetary reasons to the adapted former Komora house (Kameralhaus), which was located at the site of the modern city postal building.

[3][4][5] Finding a more permanent seat of the cities administration was a contentious issue, as evident by the numerous individual plans ordered throughout the early 19th century.

The Budapest State Archives preserved a plan for the construction of the city hall from 1825, currently housed in the National Széchényi Library.

The struggle over the position of the future Magistrate's building, with the national and political background already present, has been heating up, delaying the final preparations for construction.

[3] The following year the Committee, announced in all the Serbian and German newspapers at the time, would call for an official tender for the city hall design plans.

The official decision was made as early as the autumn of 1885, when it was announced that the City Committee entrusted the preparation of the plans as well as the supervision of the masonry itself to the local architect György Molnár for a total sum of 300 forints.

Demolishing of the Stefanović family house, build in 1852 in a neo-classical style, caused great dissatisfaction and indignation among the citizens who stood up for it.

Then a large number of signatures were collected on the petition to preserve the building, but these attempts were unsuccessful and the city authorities remained steadfast in their intentions.

[8] On 3 January 1895, the first meeting of the Assembly was held in the ceremonial hall, which would later be the gathering spot for the famous Novi Sad balls that lasted until the end of the Second World War.

Projectiles and red paint were thrown at the city hall, vandalizing the exterior and interior of the building, as well wrecking several parked vehicles at the square.

Projectiles and red paint were thrown at the regional offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party and later at the city hall, vandalizing the exterior and interior of the buildings.

The ceremonial hall on the first floor has a taped ceiling, with richly decorated walls with stucco-decorations and painted compositions by the local painter Pavle Ružička from 1911.

The wall compositions show a variety of human activities, such as field work, chimney factories, hay wagons, craft making, and trade.

The film is set in Italy during the Second World War, with major events shot at Freedom Square in Star Grad neighborhood, along with several scenes inside the city hall.