MONUMENTS OF PREŠOV

Katarína Trojanovská, Simona Siváková,Zuzana Višňovská

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CONTENTThe Church of St. NicholasThe church of St. CrossTown HallOrthodox SynagogueThe Natural Cultural Site of SolivarCathedral church of St. John the BaptistThe Caraffa´s PrisonThe Florian´s GateThe Evangelical Church of St. TrojicaBosak´s bankRákóczi´s PalaceFountain of Neptune

THE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS

-the construction was finished in 1515.-the biggest church in Prešov.-parameters are: long: 54,7 m width: 34,45 m height: 16 m

THE CHURCH OF ST. CROSS

-baroque church-built in 1753-František Perger-paintings by Ondrej Trtina

TOWN HALL

-is situated in the eastern part of the square-it was rebuilt to a city winery-1961

ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE

-built in 1898-paintings by Andrej Grazl.-1991

THE NATURAL CULTURAL SITE OF

SOLIVAR-from 17th century-salt mining (first done bymeans of evaporation from brine)-part of Solivar: Gápeľ, theLeopold mine-shaft, the Klopačka,Salt storage, the Četerne,smelting works, blacksmith´sworkshops, ... -actual mining of salt began in 1572-National Cultural Site since 1970

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST.

JOHN THE BAPTIST-built in 17th century-gothic church reconstructed in theBaroque style-facade in Baroque style from 18thcentury

-An iconostasis in interior from the half of the 19th century

THE CARAFFA´S PRISON-built in 1504-1509-Late-Gothic building-then – an armoury andstore for the safe-keeping ofweights and measures-now – gallery

THE FLORIAN´S GATE

-built in 15. century-remains of Prešov´sfortification-St. Florian´s Chapel abovethe passage of the gate-in the next building was apublic hospital in 19th

century

THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF ST.TROJICA

-unique renaissance church-one of a few Protestant churches in Slovakia-first half of the 17th century-building took five years

BOSAK´S BANK

-bank established Michal Bosák -on 31st August 1920-the building was built in Art Nouveau style by architect William Glasza

RÁKÓCZI´S PALACE-the end of the 16th century-for the most beautiful Renaissance palace in the former Upper Uhorsko-At present the Regional Museum is placed in the building

 FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE

the only preserved original city tank-the early 19th century by Mark Holländer-The author of the statue of Neptune is a stonemason and sculptor Vincent Staviarska who completed the sculpture in 1826-Statue of Neptune was restored in early 90th of the 20th century

SOURCES http://www.muzeum.sk/?obj=pamiatka

&ix=sol_stm http://www.presov.sk/portal/?c=12&id=

3091 http://www.presov.sk/portal/?c=12&id=

3090

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