Kassa - Óváros

Memorial plaque of David Baróti Szabó

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Szabó Dávid Baróti (Barót, April 10, 1739 – Virt, November 22, 1819) was a Hungarian poet and language reformer, Jesuit, later a secular priest and teacher. ; The Csemadok commemorated the poet and priest teacher Szabó Dávid Baróti with the György Bartusz memorial plaque. ; The B... Read More

Honvéd statue

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue was erected on September 9, 1906, next to the Michael Chapel, in memory of the red-capped soldiers of the 9th Košice Home Guard Battalion, who fought gloriously in the 1848-49 War of Independence. The work commemorated those heroes who set an example of patriotism and ... Read More

Premontrean monastery

Building, structure

The Jesuit Premontrean church was joined to the Premontrean convent and high school. The convent was once a royal house (domusregia), and from 1554 it was the seat of the captains-general of Upper Hungary. István Bocskay, Gábor Bethlen and György I. Rákóczy also lived with its ro... Read More

Urban parish

Building, structure

According to written sources, the city parish stood on the site of today's parish church as early as 1248. However, this only occupied about 1/4 of the plot of the present-day, large building. It was destroyed in the city fire of 1556. Although it was partially restored, it was n... Read More

Harang Street Orthodox Synagogue

Building, structure

Jews were not allowed to settle in Košice, one of the Jewish centers of Upper Hungary, until 1841. Despite this, by the middle of the 20th century, a community of over 11,000 lived here, maintaining several large and small synagogues. One of these is the older synagogue maintaine... Read More

Rákóczi crypt (cathedral)

Building, structure

The ashes of Ferenc II. Rákóczi and his fellow exiles, brought home on October 29, 1906, were placed in the crypt of the cathedral. The crypt is located on the north side of the church, and a narrow staircase leads down. Opposite the staircase are three sarcophagi: the middle one... Read More