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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

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

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

Sándor Márai Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Košice cannot be left without mentioning Sándor Márai, the author of Candles Burn to a Stub. He lived in Košice until he was eighteen, was born here and completed part of his studies here. He moved to Budapest when he went to university. ; Márai wrote about his beloved city: “The... Read More

Sándor Márai's house

Building, structure

A one-story, 19th-century, eclectic-looking bourgeois residential building located in one of the less prestigious, NY-i streets of the medieval old town of Košice. The most striking element of its facade is the closed balcony above the entrance gate. The Grosschmid family moved i... Read More

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God

Building, structure

The Greek Catholics in Hungary are concentrated in the northeastern part of the Carpathian Basin. However, in one of the most important cities of this region, Košice - although attempts have been made since the end of the 18th century - they did not manage to establish a church c... Read More

Thalia Theater

Building, structure

In the 16th and 17th centuries, school drama flourished in the city. In 1707, Ferenc Rákóczi II, while staying in the city, "went to the Jesuits", where he saw a performance about the life of King Matthias, and "His Majesty was entertained there for more than three hours". ; For ... Read More

Márai Studio Theatre

Building, structure

In 1993, the Thália Theatre acquired a property that was also not originally built for theatrical purposes. The Márai Studio Theatre opened here in 1994. The renovation and reconstruction of the building, which began in 1994, lasted until 2002. Currently, the studio hall with a c... Read More

Rákóczi Museum of Upper Hungary

Building, structure

The last third of the 19th century was a period of the establishment of rural city and county museums in Hungary. The Upper Hungary Museum Association, founded in Košice in 1872, also fits into this category. Its initiators were the Klimovits brothers, who had a significant priva... Read More

The Water Leprechaun and the Drowned Girl

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