The final seminar paper presents public monuments and sculptures erected between 1919 and 2019 in Murska Sobota. Public sculpture is branch of the visual arts that is most exposed to the surrounding public space and is in constant connection with the general public. Its presence also significantly contributes to visual image of the city and its identitiy. The field of public sculpture in Murska Sobota has not yet been comprehensively researched. Therefore, the main purpose of the paper is to create chronologically ordered list of public sculptures that includes basic data of sculptures, their formal and content analysis and presentation of the circumstances under which sculptures were build. Finally, sculptures are placed in a broader social, political, cultural and artistic context.
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