MONUMENTS OF PREŠOV

Katarína Trojanovská,

Simona Siváková,

Zuzana Višňovská

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CONTENTThe Church of St. Nicholas

The church of St. Cross

Town Hall

Orthodox Synagogue

The Natural Cultural Site of Solivar

Cathedral church of St. John the Baptist

The Caraffa´s Prison

The Florian´s Gate

The Evangelical Church of St. Trojica

Bosak´s bank

Rákóczi´s Palace

Fountain 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 by

means of evaporation

from brine)

-part of Solivar: Gápeľ, the

Leopold mine-shaft,

the Klopačka,

Salt storage, the Četerne,

smelting works, blacksmith´s

workshops, ...

-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 the

Baroque style

-facade in Baroque style from 18th

century

-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 and

store for the safe-keeping of

weights and measures

-now – gallery

THE FLORIAN´S GATE

-built in 15. century

-remains of Prešov´s

fortification

-St. Florian´s Chapel above

the passage of the gate

-in the next building was a

public 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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