Kassa - Óváros

Ferenc Kazinczy's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Built on medieval foundations – on the site of two earlier medieval houses – the two-storey inn – the Black Eagle – came into the possession of Ferenc Kazinczy’s father-in-law, Lajos Török, in the late 1700s, so it is no coincidence that Ferenc Kazinczy himself first lived here u... Read More

István Bocskai's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On December 2, 2004, the Hajdú-Bihar County Government installed a bilingual bronze relief marble plaque in memory of István Bocskai's stay in Košice (Fő utca 67). The relief was unveiled during the Košice conference organized on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Bocsk... Read More

Levoca House

Building, structure

The Levoča House is a former residential building, currently a restaurant and café, located in the Košice District of Slovakia, at the junction of the University and Main Streets, at 65 Main Street. The building is now listed as a historical monument. The house was probably built... Read More

Béla Gerster's birthplace

Building, structure

In the southern part of the main square in Košice, on the eastern side, near the junction with Harang Street, which marks the line of the medieval city wall, there is a closed row of buildings, a one-story, gable-roofed, tiled-roofed, irregular “U”-shaped building with a small co... Read More

Headquarters of the Spiš Chamber

Building, structure

The Chamber of Spis was a Hungarian government body operating under the control of the central bodies in Vienna in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its seat was in Košice. During the reign of Ferdinand I (between 1526 and 1564), the financial administration of the eastern parts of Hungary... Read More

The Black Eagle Inn

Building, structure

Built on medieval foundations - on the site of two earlier medieval houses - the two-storey inn acquired its current, richly decorated, classicising late Baroque form in 1782. It was named after the black eagle seen in the coat of arms of the Habsburgs, which was also featured in... Read More

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