St. Michael's Chapel
Building, structure
The building located south of the cathedral was once a cemetery chapel. Its lower part, the current crypt, was built at the end of the 13th century, while the upper part was built between 1360 and 1380. At the end of the 15th century, at the initiative of György Szahtmáry, born in Košice, a new nave was built on the northern side, while a side chapel was built on the southwestern side. The building, which was renovated several times in the 19th century, acquired its current form during the reconstruction in 1902-1904, led by the Budapest architect Frigyes Schulek. The inscription about this, in Hungarian, can be read above the entrance to the sacristy. ; The triumphal arch-like facade with the gable-roofed tower is almost unique in terms of architectural history. According to the description of the Hungarian Catholic Encyclopedia, "It is a single-nave hall with 2 cross vaults, with a six-domed section in the sanctuary that ends on three sides of the octagon. Its portal (statues) and the triple seating niche decorating the southern wall of the sanctuary show affinities with the St. James Church in Levoča. ; On its western facade, the central tower rests on a powerful pointed arch belt. The richly articulated, pointed arched entrance is decorated with a steep, triangular, creeping leaf pediment and the emphasized young towers that surround it. In the gable field is a relief of the archangel St. Michael with 3 rich rosettes. Medieval tombstones were built into its walls outside."