Milan Tabaković ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Табаковић, ; 14 August 1860 – 10 September 1946) was a Serbian architect. He designed numerous buildings in his hometown of Arad (then in

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, now in

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). He also designed buildings in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...

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and

Veliki Bečkerek Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city a ...

. His most well-known work is the catholic St. Anthony of Padua Church in Arad, built between 1902 and 1904. Tabaković was born and schooled in Arad and graduated from the

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. He lived and worked in Arad until 1928, when he moved with his family to

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

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. Tabaković's elder son,

Đorđe Đorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе; transliterated Djordje) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, common in Serbian. It is derived from Greek ''Georgios'' ('' George'' in English). Other variants include: Đurđe, Đurađ, Đura, Đuro, Geo ...

, was also a noted architect, while his younger son,

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, was an accomplished painter and professor at the

University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

Works

Arad, biserica Sf Anton de Padova.jpg, St. Anthony of Padua Church in Arad, Romania Palatul Neumann.JPG, Neumann Palace in Arad Arad, Palatul Tabacovici.jpg, Tabacovici Palace in Arad Palatul sârbesc.JPG, Serbian Episcopal Palace in Arad Lepedatova palata, Kikinda.jpg, Lepedat Palace in Kikinda, Serbia Wiki.Vojvodina I Staro jezgro Zrenjanina 008.jpg, Palace of Serbian Savings Bank in

, Serbia

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