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Honvéd Monument, the monument to the Battle of Braniszko

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The forces of the revolutionary honvéd army, led by Artúr Görgey, advancing eastwards from Komárom through the Highlands, reached the vicinity of Igló and Levoča at the end of January 1849. The only way to advance was to break through the Branyiszkói Pass. The honvéd army, led by... Read More

World War I memorial site next to Levoča station

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was erected around 1915 by the railway workers in memory of the heroic soldiers who rest here. The cast-iron cross, with a metal corpus of Christ, is placed on an enlarged stone pedestal, with a Hungarian inscription. Read More

Town Hall in Levoča

Postcard

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Fountain of Charity (Mother and Child)

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The fountain stands next to the Old Town Hall, now the Szeged Museum, on top of a 4–5-meter-high column. The work was built with the donation of Herrmann Gusztáv based on the plans of László Steinhausz. ; Herrmann Gusztáv 1817–1898, great patron of the city of Levoča and the Evan... Read More

Polish Aladar's grave

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Aladár Polnisch (May 1, 1862, Levoča - September 15, 1932, Felsőhági, grave in Levoča), hotelier. ; He moved to Felsőhági from Levoča around 1890. In Felsőhági he ran a small 70-room, year-round sanatorium for nearly 40 years. During this time, Felsőhági had mainly German guests,... Read More

Levoca cage of shame

Building, structure

One of the most important privileges of the free royal cities, which was considered a serious privilege compared to settlements under the power of the landlords, was the right to judge independently. Thus, the city of Levoča, and its council and judge, could judge its citizens in... Read More

Holy Spirit Minorite Church and Monastery in Levoča

Building, structure

The Franciscan Minorites arrived in Levoča sometime at the end of the 13th century or in the first years of the 14th century. We have information about their first monastery in the city from 1309. During the Reformation, in 1544-45, the Franciscans, like all Catholic institutions... Read More

Levoča Thurzó House

Building, structure

One of the most beautiful decorations of Levoča's main square is the Thurzó House, built in the 15th century and named after the family that built it. The sumptuous palace of the Thurzós in Betlenfalva was created by combining two neighboring houses. The family kept their Levoča ... Read More

Levoča Lutheran Church

Building, structure

The town, with its Saxon (zipszer) population, became uniformly Lutheran in the century of the Reformation, so the parish church of St. James on the main square came into use by this community. In the middle of the 17th century, under pressure from the Counter-Reformation, the Pr... Read More

Levoca Old Town Hall

Building, structure

The core of the town hall, built in the centre of the main square of the carefully designed settlement, was originally built in the Gothic style in the 15th century. This building was severely damaged by the fire of 1550, which caused catastrophic destruction in the city, with on... Read More