Vigadó (Redout) - Késmárk
Building, structure
In the Middle Ages, a watchtower stood on the site of today's Redout. The Thököly family, who owned estates in the city, had it converted into a manor house in the 17th century. Between 1705 and 1707, the printing house of Dean Matthias Glaser operated in this house, which published and traded books in all languages used in the city (Latin, German, Hungarian and Slovak). ; The house was rebuilt in the classicist style in 1818 to its present form: a city entertainment venue (often called a redoute by its French name, often used at that time) and a hotel. ; The rectangular, two-storey, mansard-roofed, representative building, now covered with tiles, has a symmetrical, five-axis, porticoed risalit protruding from the middle of its street facade. Its pilasters divide the field into semicircular, plastered framed windows of the upper hall. Above, between two rows of cornices, we can read a Latin motto. In the triangular tympanum crowning the risalit, the colorfully painted coat of arms of the free royal city of Késmárk can be seen. Today, the building houses a cinema and a library.