Kassa - Óváros

Abaúj-Torna County Headquarters

Building, structure

The representative Baroque palace, located in the eastern wall of the main square, in the immediate vicinity of the Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth, was built in an area formed by the unification of several medieval plots by the Abaúj County, or rather, by the Lord Lőrinc Orczy in 1... Read More

Memorial plaque to the Hungarian Jews transported to Auschwitz via Košice

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On May 21, 2014, at 4 p.m., a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Košice State Scientific Library (ÁTK) building, commemorating the Hungarians transported to Auschwitz through Košice. ; Originally, it would have been unveiled at the railway station building, but an agreement coul... Read More

Forgách Palace

Building, structure

The Forgách family, who played a significant role in the history of Hungary, built their one-story palace in the classicist style between 1845-47. It stands at the southern end of Fő Street in Košice, the axis of the historic city center. The defining elements of its facade are t... Read More

Old Town Hall

Building, structure

The oldest known medieval town hall of Košice stood in the middle of the square, on the site of today's national theatre, but it had fallen into such disrepair by the modern era that it had to be demolished in 1756. The building now known as the "old town hall" is a two-storey, r... Read More

Csáky-Dessewffy Palace

Building, structure

The palace, located in the western wall of the Main Square, north of the St. Elizabeth Cathedral, which can be considered one of the masterpieces of Hungarian classicist architecture, was built between 1805-7 on an area formed by the unification of several medieval plots. The mai... Read More

National Theatre

Building, structure

The first town hall of Košice stood on this site until 1756. The former theatre was built between 1786-89 based on the designs of Count Mihály Sztáray and Count Miklós Vécsey, János Tallher and Miklós Brocky. It could accommodate 500 people. At its first performance, Mozart's Esc... Read More

Rákóczi fresco (apotheosis of the life of Ferenc II Rákóczi)

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The triptych depicting the life of Ferenc Rákóczi II was painted by Andor Dudics between 1914 and 1916, eight years after the prince and his companions in exile were laid to rest in the cathedral crypt. ; ; Article XX of Act 1906, which provided for the repatriation of the ashes ... Read More

Statue of Sára Salkaházi in Košice

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Sára Salkaházi was born in 1899 in Košice, where she became a teacher and later a journalist. Two years before the outbreak of World War II, she moved permanently to Budapest. After the Trianon decision, she was unable to continue teaching in her hometown due to her refusal to ta... Read More

St. Elizabeth's Cathedral 1.

Building, structure

The Cathedral of Košice, dedicated to Saint Elizabeth of Árpád, is one of the most significant monuments of Gothic architecture. The first single-nave church was built in 1257, its level was below the level of the present church. It was demolished in the last decades of the 14th ... Read More

St. Elizabeth's Cathedral 2.

Building, structure

The Cathedral of Košice, dedicated to Saint Elizabeth of Árpád, is one of the most significant monuments of Gothic architecture. The first single-nave church was built in 1257, its level was below the level of the present church. It was demolished in the last decades of the 14th ... Read More