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Holy Spirit Minorite Church and Monastery in Levoča

Building, structure

The Franciscan Minorites arrived in Levoča sometime at the end of the 13th century or in the first years of the 14th century. We have information about their first monastery in the city from 1309. During the Reformation, in 1544-45, the Franciscans, like all Catholic institutions... Read More

Levoča Thurzó House

Building, structure

One of the most beautiful decorations of Levoča's main square is the Thurzó House, built in the 15th century and named after the family that built it. The sumptuous palace of the Thurzós in Betlenfalva was created by combining two neighboring houses. The family kept their Levoča ... Read More

The grave of Károly Koller, a high school teacher

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

The Késmárki Lutheran Lyceum 1912-13. In his obituary, we can read, among other things, this about Károly Koller, who died in 1913: “... The deceased was born on January 22, 1825 in Levoča. After completing his elementary school and high school in his hometown, he came to Késmárk... Read More

Synagogue in Nagybiccse

Building, structure

The dilapidated building of the neo-Romanesque synagogue, built in the 18th century, shows signs of renewal in places. Read More

World War I memorial in Alsószecse

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

At the beginning of the twentieth century, out of the almost entirely Hungarian inhabitants of the settlement - according to the names on the World War I memorial - 19 gave their lives for their Hungarian homeland. ; After the Second World War, more than half of the Hungarian pop... Read More

Hybbei All Saints' Church

Building, structure

The first written mention of the village of Hybbe, located east of Liptóújvár, dates back to 1239. In the 13th century, German settlers made the village flourish, which was elevated to city status in 1265, and from 1390 it was part of the Liptóújvár estate. ; The village's Roman ... Read More

Orava Castle

Building, structure

It was built as a royal castle in the 13th century, the center of a castle governorship after 1267. It protected the border from the Poles. Our Árpád kings constantly strengthened the castle. However, King Sigismund pawned it to the Polish-born voivode Stibor at the beginning of ... Read More

Levoča Lutheran Church

Building, structure

The town, with its Saxon (zipszer) population, became uniformly Lutheran in the century of the Reformation, so the parish church of St. James on the main square came into use by this community. In the middle of the 17th century, under pressure from the Counter-Reformation, the Pr... Read More

Mural series of the legend of Saint Ladislaus in Kakaslomnik

Sacral small monument

The Legend of Saint Ladislaus of Kakaslomnik is one of the best-known fresco cycles, thanks to the fact that after its discovery (1957) and restoration, the vivid colors, high artistic presentation, richness of detail and the sweeping momentum of the series of images, despite the... Read More

Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Kakaslomnik, exterior

Building, structure

An oriental church from the 13th century, rebuilt in the Gothic style at the beginning of the 15th century. The most important value of the church is the wall painting cycle of Saint Ladislaus, made around 1317, preserved on the northern wall of the sacristy, which contains scene... Read More