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Headquarters of the Spiš Chamber

Building, structure

The Chamber of Spis was a Hungarian government body operating under the control of the central bodies in Vienna in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its seat was in Košice. During the reign of Ferdinand I (between 1526 and 1564), the financial administration of the eastern parts of Hungary... Read More

The Black Eagle Inn

Building, structure

Built on medieval foundations - on the site of two earlier medieval houses - the two-storey inn acquired its current, richly decorated, classicising late Baroque form in 1782. It was named after the black eagle seen in the coat of arms of the Habsburgs, which was also featured in... Read More

Olivér Rácz's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Olivér Rácz was a writer, poet, translator, and politician born on January 21, 1918 in Košice († July 19, 1997 in Bratislava). He started school in Košice, graduated from teacher training in Szeged in 1941, and from teacher training in Bratislava in 1955. He was a high school tea... Read More

World War I and World War II and Holocaust Memorial

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In Párkány, the public monument to the victims of the two world wars (covered with black granite, forming a large gate), inaugurated in 1994, also preserves the memory of the local Jewish victims. ; ; &nbsp, Read More

Burial place of the Sisters of Mercy

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In 1880, the Léva nursery and girls' school, the convent school, was founded in Léva, where the Sisters of Mercy from Szatmár, named after Saint Vincent de Paul, carried out their educational work until 1945. In 1946, the Tesitel order moved into the former monastery of the Piari... Read More

The grave of István Máriássy, first lieutenant of the Hungarian hussar army, lieutenant governor, and mayor of Léva.

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Son of Ferenc Máriássy, a landowner, and Mária Kocsis. Born in 1831, a practicing lawyer. Unmarried. Joined the 16th (Érsekújvár) Home Guard Battalion in October 1848. Sergeant, lieutenant in February 1849, in his unit and aide-de-camp to Major Simonffy's Oradea brigade commander... Read More

Wooden Cross in Perbeten

Sacral small monument

The original wooden cross, located on the northern edge of the village, along the road leading to Jászfalu and Koltá, was erected in 1752. The cross was renovated several times, in the first half of the 20th century, according to the date engraved on the cross, in 2008. Read More

National flag in the Great Hall

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The marble plaque of the national flag erected in 1939 was made by Sándor Wendl, a stonemason born in 1872 and a local resident (died in 1955), and brought it home to his house after the World War. He kept it until his death, and then his grandson, in memory of his grandfather, e... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Nagysálló

Szakrális kisemlék

The statue was erected in 1780 and renovated in 1939. Read More

Memorial to the First and Second World Wars

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Along the main street, at the corner of Ján Amos Komensky Street and SNP Street, stands the monument to the residents of Nagysalló, Kissalló and Hölvény who fell in World War II. The monument was built on the site of a bombed-out house. The black granite monument consists of thre... Read More