Important Telephone Numbers
Telephone Area Code +421 55 (055) Emergency First Aid 112 (155) Police 112 (158) Fire protection 112 (150) Town Office Košice (55) 641 91 11, (55) 643 71 75 Bus and Railway Information 121 11 Košice Visitor Centre (55) 625 88 88 Information Centre MiC Košice +421 911 567 423
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St. Elisabeth´s Cathedral
The church of Saint Michael
St. Elisabeth´s Cathedral is the largest church in Slovakia of the area of 1 200 m2 and the capacity of over 5 000 people and it is the most eastern located Gothic cathedral in Europe. It’s located in Main street in Košice, formed in the shape of lens. Outer length is 60 m, width 36 m, the height of Northern tower is 59 m, central nave of 24 m and side naves of 12 m.
The church of Saint Michael is Gothic building located south of The Cathedral of Saint Elisabeth in Košice. Originally it was a cemetery chapel built in the second half of 14th century and it’s the second oldest architectural landmark in Košice. It’s sacred to the archangel Saint Michael, the patron of deceased. His illustration can be found in tympana over the gate of chapel together with the illustration of the apostles Saint Paul and Saint Peter.
Hlavná street, Košice
Hlavná street, Košice
Mikluš prison
Immaculata
It is a set of two interconnected Gothic town houses from the first half of 15th century which were adapted for the needs of town prison and torture chamber at the beginning of 17th century. It was used for these purposes till 1909. After the complex reconstruction in 1940-1942, the exposition of city history has been installed here.
The most beautiful Baroque landmark in the city is 14 meters high plague column on the stone pedestal built in 1722-1723. There is a sculpture of the Virgin Marry on its top, sculptures of Joseph, Sebastian and Ladislav are aside. It was built after the suggestion of the post-office governor Viktorin Flaschenfeld at the place of former scaffold, as an acknowledgement for warding off the plague, wars and famine.
Pri Miklušovej väznici 10, Košice Hlavná street, Košice
Lower gate
The remains of lower city gate were found during the large reconstruction in Main Street in 1996-1997. You can see the remains of city fortification in a unique archeological complex full of history that was built in the second half of 13th century and its building was finished by building the fortification buildings in 1706-1710.
The State Theatre of Košice
The original building of The State Theatre was put into operation in 1788. The current theatre building was inaugurated in 1899. It is built in the style of eclecticism with elements of the Neobaroque style and secession according to projects of Adolf Lang, one of the most talented architects of the 19th century. Hlavná street 32, Košice
Hlavná street, Košice
Rodošto
Vojtech LöfÁer Museum
Monumental house of Francis II. Rákóczi, the leader of the largest anti-Habsburg Bohemian uprising in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1703-1711. The uprising had failed after some successes and Francis congeed to Turkish exile. Monumental house in Košice located close to Executioner’s bastion at the court of Hrnčiarská street is a replica of his exile residence in Turkish town of Rodošto.
Sculptor Vojtech Löffler (1906-1990) ranks among the best known and most recognised sculptors of the 20th century working in eastern Slovakia. He devoted himself to small and monumental sculptural work. The Memorial Room of Vojtech Loffler presents a selection of more than 2,000 exhibits of the master‘s unique collection.
Hrnčiarska 917/7, Košice
Alžbetina 20, Košice
East Slovakian Museum
East Slovakian Gallery
East Slovakian Museum in Košice, established in 1872, is one of the oldest and most important museums in Slovakia. Košice native Imrich Henszlmann was the initiator of the idea to establish an institution that should be dedicated to saving monuments. The museum has three departments - natural science, history and art department.
East Slovakian Gallery is the oldest regional gallery in Slovakia founded in 1951. Currently it owns more than 7,000 works of art from the 19th to 21st century. Annually it organises about 40 exhibitions on its own premises or in other Slovak and foreign galleries. Hlavná 27, Košice
Námestie Maratónu mieru 2, Košice
Sándor Márai (1900-1989)
The Museum of Aviation
Sándor Márai is known as one of the most important figures of European literature of the 20th century. He was born in Košice. The Košice city plays an important role in his works. Two schools are named after him in his hometown of Kosice - primary and secondary Hungarian language schools.
Museum of Aviation has been located in the area of Košice Airport since 2002. It is a museum providing an overview of the technical development of aircraft and aviation-related information. A unique feature of the museum is the gallery of the presidential aircraft, which was made possible only thanks to the support of the former Slovak President Rudolf Schuster. The Museum is unique not only in Slovakia but also in Europe.
Zbrojničná street, Košice
Areal Airport of Košice
Jakab´s Palace
The building was designed by the architect Peter Jakab, the author of many eclectic buildings. It was completed in 1899. The excavated stone parts of the St. Elisabeth Cathedral were used as building material. Until 1968 the palace stood on the bank of the Mlynský náhon, as a part of the Mlynský náhon. However, the riverbed was cancelled in 1968 and the palace has been on the edge of the city park since then. Mlynska ulica 30, Košice
The Orthodox Synagogue
The Orthodox Synagogue, built in the 1930s on Pushkinova Street, was recently refurbished on the initiative of the local Jewish community. The most important monument is the compound of the Jewish Orthodox community, which still partially serves the needs of the local community. The compound is located in the historical core of Košice, part of the city, which was built in the middle of the 19th century on the site of former city walls. Recent archaeological excavations have revealed the remains of walls of urban fortification in the compound. Puškinová, Košice
Urban tower
The House of Beggar
The tower was built in the 15th century in Košice as a Gothic bell tower called Red Tower. It was destroyed in 1556 by fire, but immediately restored in the Renaissance style. The next century saw the bell of St. Urban being placed in the tower as the main sound source.
It was originally a Gothic house from the 14th century, rebuilt several times in the 18th century. In 1720 and 1760 it was rebuilt again. Its last reconstruction was in 1898 in a charming RomanticArt Nouveau style with an allegorical mural by the painter Július Éder from Košice. This allegorical mural was hidden for decades under the plaster of an inappropriate reconstruction from 1956. The building was completely reconstructed and allegorical mural uncovered in 1995.
Hlavná, Košice
Hlavná 71, Košice