Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Košice, Slovakia

Košice city fortifications is a fortress system of gradually built walls, water ditches, parks, rondels, barbacans, bastions, ravelins and glacis, defending the city of Košice. The establishment of urban walls is dated to 1260 - 1290. In the 15th century the fortification was supplemented in connection with the development of military equipment - firearms and artillery. In the 16th century with increased Turkish danger, the walls were rebuilt from the rondel system to bastion. Kosice has become one of the most important Habsburg forts. Often, however, they got into the rebel hands, which was not due to the fragility of the fortifications, but by the political will of Košice burghers. In the 17th century, the improvement of the bastion system continued, and the forwarded separate citadel was added to the recurring uprisings. At the beginning of the 18th century, the construction of Ravelin and Glacis reached the development of the Košice city fortifications. Due to the transfer of the center of gravity of Habsburg combat operations outside the Košice region, the importance of the fortifications passed. In the years 1783 - 1840 it was gradually demolished. To this day, there are some parts or whole fortification objects that are testimony to the importance and maturity of this developed defense system in a pan -European context.

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The Košice Puppet Theatre is a professional puppet theatre in Košice.

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The Vojtech Löffler Museum is a museum of contemporary art located in Košice. The museum was established by the city district of Košice - Old Town on December 17, 1993. The museum presents an exhibition of the important Košice sculptor Vojtech Löffler. The exhibition was dedicated by Vojtech and his wife Klára Schönherz to the city.

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The Archbishop's Palace of Košice, Slovakia, is a rococo-classical building, formerly the home of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I.

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The Saint Michael Church is a Gothic style church in Košice, Slovakia. Originally a chapel, the building became officially a church after its reconstruction in 2006.

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The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, also called Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, is a Gothic cathedral in Košice, Slovakia. It is the largest church in Slovakia and one of the easternmost Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

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Hadik-Barkóci Palace is a building located in Košice, on Hlavná Street.

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Košice Region Tourism is an organization dealing with destination management for the region of the Košice Region. The organization focuses on marketing and development of the destination, but also on the creation of tourism products.

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The National Theatre Košice is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia.

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The Church of the Holy Trinity or commonly known as the Premonstratensian Church, or initially the Jesuit Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Košice, Slovakia. It is an example of Baroque architecture in the city and was the site of the martyrdom of three saints in 1619.

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The Levoča House is a late Gothic residential building in Košice, dating back to the 15th century, located on the corner of Hlavná and Univerzitná streets.

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The Mikluš Prison in Košice is a set of two interconnected Gothic burgher houses from the first half of the 15th century, which were adapted at the beginning of the 17th century for the needs of the city prison and torture chamber. It served for these purposes until 1909, then it was administered by the Upper Hungarian Museum, which planned to install an exhibition of the city's history in it. This happened only after a comprehensive reconstruction in the war years 1940 - 1942. The exhibition is located on Pri Miklušova Prison Street.

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The Calvinist Church at Hrnčiarska ulica in Košice, Slovakia was initially an army store-house.

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The Rákóczi's sculpture in Košice is a bronze statue of Francis II Rákóczi, situated in the Executioner's Bastion in the historical centre of Košice, Slovakia. It is placed in front of Rákóczi's memorial house, a replica of his house in the Turkish exile in Rodosto.

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The Executioner's Bastion is the largest and best-preserved building monument from the medieval fortifications of the city in Slovakia. It is located in Košice and its origin dates back to the 15th century.

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The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church in Mlynská ulica in Košice, Slovakia is a Neoclassical church building of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, a Lutheran denomination. It has Sunday services at 09:30 and 18:00 in Slovak, and at 08:15 in Hungarian.

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The New Orthodox Synagogue, Košice was built in the years 1926–1927 at Puškinova Street near the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It superseded the older Orthodox Synagogue in Zvonárska Street, constructed in 1899 to the design of János Balogh.

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The park on the Wood Market is a park in the Old Town district of Košice. It is located between the streets of Anti-Fascist Fighters, Roosevelt Street and Hay Market.

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Jakab's Palace is a neo-Gothic building in Košice standing on the corner of Mlynská and Štefánikova Streets, near the former bed of the Mill Race.

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Jeney's Palace is an Art Nouveau building in Košice located on Štefánikova Street. The building was built in 1902 and was declared a national cultural monument in 2005.

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The City Park is the largest public park in Košice in the Old Town district. It is located between Staničné námestie, Štefánikova Street, Thurzova Street, and Rumanova Street.

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Kunsthalle Košice, is a building that serves as an exhibition space for visual arts and workshops. It is historically the first kunsthalle in Slovakia.

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St. Anthony of Padua Church or commonly known as the Franciscan Church or the Seminary Church at Hlavná ulica is the second oldest church in Košice, Slovakia.

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Andráši's Palace is a neo-baroque building in Košice standing on the corner of Hlavná and Biela streets.

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The Plague Column or Immaculata is a Baroque plague column in Košice, Slovakia.

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The Fountain of Signs is a fountain on Hlavná Street in Košice. It is located between the Košice State Theater and the Immaculata sculpture.

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The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a Baroque church in Košice, in the Old Town district on Mäsiarska Street.

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The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary or commonly known as the Dominican Church at Dominikánske námestie is the oldest church in Košice, Slovakia, and also the oldest preserved building in the town.

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The Greek Catholic Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary's Birth is located at Moyzesova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It is the cathedral of the Eparchy of Košice of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

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The Museum of the Victims of Communism is an audiovisual museum in Košice on Moyzesova Street. It was founded on June 24, 2021 as the first of its kind in Slovakia. It was created in honor of the memory of the victims of communism. It allows visitors to look into the stories of imprisoned and tortured survivors.

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