Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Košice, Slovakia

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 3.1 km
Ascend 27 m
Descend 25 m

Experience Košice in Slovakia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Košice

Sight 1: Kunsthalle

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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.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Košice (SK)

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: City Park

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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.

Wikipedia: Mestský park (Košice) (SK), Website

521 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Katova Bašta

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Katova Bašta

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.

Wikipedia: Katova bašta (SK)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Kalvínsky kostol

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

Wikipedia: Calvinist Church at Hrnčiarska Street (EN)

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Andrášiho palác

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

Wikipedia: Andrášiho palác (Košice) (SK), Url

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Čákiho-Dezőfiho palác

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The Čáki-Dezőfi Palace is a building in Košice standing on the corner of Hlavná and Poštová streets.

Wikipedia: Čákiho-Dezőfiho palác (SK), Url

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Kostol sv. Antona Paduánskeho

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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.

Wikipedia: St Anthony of Padua Church, Košice (EN), Website

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu

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Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Palace of the Upper Hungarian General Captaincy is a historic building on Hlavná Street in Košice. As the name implies, in the past it was the seat of the Upper Hungarian Main Captaincy. Today, the Slovak Technical Museum is located here. The palace was built in the years 1876 - 1899 in the Art Nouveau style.

Wikipedia: Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu (SK)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Kostol Krista Kráľa

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The Church of Christ the King is a Dominican church in the area of the Grammar School of St. Thomas Aquinas, in the Old Town district of Košice.

Wikipedia: Kostol Krista Kráľa (Košice) (SK), Website, Url

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Múzeum obetí komunizmu

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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.

Wikipedia: Múzeum obetí komunizmu (SK), Website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Chrám Narodenia Presvätej Bohorodičky

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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.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice (EN), Website, Url

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie

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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.

Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Košice (EN), Website, Url

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Bábkové divadlo

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

Wikipedia: Bábkové divadlo Košice (SK), Website

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Pozostatok mosta

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Pozostatok mosta

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.

Wikipedia: Košické mestské opevnenie (SK)

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