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Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The famous Hungarian poet and historical singer of the 15th century, Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén, injured his left arm in the fight against the Turks and was forced to abandon his career as a knight. First, he became the tutor, writing mentor and court lute player of Bálint Török's c... Read More

The Beggar's House

Building, structure

The one-story, historicizing, eclectic house, located in a closed row of buildings, N of the St. Elizabeth Cathedral, in the E wall of the main square, was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in 1898. The most spectacular decorations of the building are the plastic ... Read More

The Vitéz House

Building, structure

In the western wall of the main square, roughly "at the same height" as the musical fountain next to the Orbán Tower, a one-story, gable-roofed, now tiled townhouse stands in a closed row. The romantic and neo-Gothic building, which has a palace-like appearance and incorporates e... Read More

Statue of Gyula Jakoby

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Gyula Jakoby (Košice, March 28, 1903 – Košice, April 15, 1985), a Hungarian painter born in Košice, is one of the most significant creators of Slovak painting, who is also referred to in art history as the 'Košice hermit'. In 1923, he studied at the Jenő Krón free school in Košic... Read More

Bela Löffler Museum

Building, structure

On the south side of Erzsébet Street, opposite the western main entrance of the Košice Cathedral, on the street front, in a closed row of buildings, a one-story, gable-roofed building with an eclectic facade created by the reconstruction of an earlier house, one of the city's you... Read More

Miklós Prison

Building, structure

The one-story building of the Miklós Prison, located east of the main street, on the corner of Fazekas Street and Egyetem Street, parallel to the main square, near the Executioner's Bastion, was built in the first half of the 15th century, originally as two Gothic town houses. Ar... Read More

The Barkóczy Palace

Building, structure

A two-storey Baroque palace built in a closed row in the Western wall of the main square. The most decorative element of the five-axis facade, divided by very pronounced pilasters, is the stone-framed main gate, decorated with capitals carved from stone on both sides and held by ... Read More

A cross for the homeland

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial cross in the park on Heroes' Square was erected in 2004 by the Szüllő Géza Civic Association. Read More

Semsey House

Building, structure

In the northern part of Fő utca, on its western square wall, on the street front, in a closed row of buildings, this one-storey house was built at the end of the 17th century - on the site of an earlier house - in the Baroque style. From the mid-18th century it was owned by the C... Read More

Dominican church and monastery

Building, structure

The oldest church in Košice. The eastern church was built in the 13th century, with a convent attached to it on the north side. The buildings, which had fallen into disrepair by then, were rebuilt in Gothic style in 1437. During the Reformation, in 1553, fanatical Protestant town... Read More