Historical monuments of Prešov
Neptune´s fountain
Jewis people were not very welcomed in
Prešov in the past. The first written
mention about them is from the year
1530. The break point happened only
in the 18. century when the first
Jewish citizen settled inside the city,
businessman Mark Holländer. Being
thankful from the given trust he had
built the Neptun´s fountain on the
square. Till today it is on of the most
beautiful and important sights of the
town. In the middle of town square is
the imposing Neptune Fountain and a
group of statues.
Neptune´s fountain is the only original
town cistern that is well-preserved.
Town Hall
Next to the Neptun´s fountain in the centre of
Hlavná Street stands Prešov´s Town Hall.
Original rich house from the 16th century
was lately rebuilt in the baroque style. The
town hall was a luxurious townsman's house
in the Middle Age.
It was rebuilt to a city winery in the beginning of
the 16th century and was used for these
purposes for more than two centuries. After
several rebuilding, some vaults have been
preserved from this period. A considerable
reconstruction was made after the fire in
1768. It was finished in 1788 when it
resembled a late Baroque style building with
typical facades, high windows and a balcony.
Town Hall was added to the list of the
national cultural sights in 1961.
Palace Klobusiczsky
The palace originated in the mid 18th century, on
the five medieval plots on the square
(originally the Hungarian Street) which were
bought at the end of the last century by the
Earl Francis Klobusiczky. The Klobusiczky
Palace was completed in 1756. The facade
facing the street was heavily decorated by
wonderful stucco scenes and ornamentation,
and a Klobusiczky family coats-of-arms
situated above the main portal is the most
unique feature.
A large adjacent park in the east was situated there
and reached the city walls. The garden was
built according to the French garden's model.
Early 19th century the first German theatre
in Prešov was seated in this building. The
palace was olyfunctional in the 19th and the
20th centuries it served as the barracks for
the military corps located in Prešov.
Caraffa´s prison
A late-Gothic building dating from the 16th
century. It is located on the Main Street.
This gothic building with thick pillars and
typical gothic shield in the front is only
reared medieval building in Prešov. The
prison was given its name according to
Caesarean general Antonio Caraffa from
Naples, who gave verdict, 24 Hungarian
yeomen and burghers were executed.
It functioned as a town armoury for some
time, and as a town prison in the second
half of the 19th century. At the beginning
of the 20th century, the building started
to serve for archiving municipal written
documents, with the exception of the
World War II period. In the late 1944,
the complete archives of Prešov were
moved to Opava because of war events.
Calvary
The hill on the western outskirts of Prešov
complex is dominated by Baroque
Calvary. In the past, it is considered the
second most beautiful Calvary in the
territory of Hungary. Establishment
Presov Calvary is closely linked to the
functioning of the Jesuits.
Chapel of the Cross were set up since 1721
until 1893rd All have a similar shape with
a gable front, decorated with ornaments
and houses a remarkable assembly coat
of arms and semicircular arched
entrance portal with richly decorated
lattice. It described the shape of the
second dominant departed Calvary,
Chapel of the Holy Steps. It was built in
Form 1765 Chapel Sancti Scala in
Lateran Church in Rome.The
construction financed Prince Radziwill.
Bosáková Bank
The present corner of Main Street and
Levocska was r. 1923-1924 built
Secession building, originally designed for
financial institution. Its construction led
Ing. V. Glasz.The building has a dome
covered corners. The front facade was
created decoration called Peace and
love, wealth, thrift and Science. The back
wing on the street today Levocska
allegory of the four seasons under her
relief steamer, steam locomotives and
aircraft.
The name given to Michael Bosak (18691937), Slovak emigrants from the Round,
which is a short time developed into
one of the leading U.S. bankers.
Department of Sancti Maria
On the street Konštantínova in Prešov
Konštantínova are two school buildings
from the late 19th century. The first is
the storey building in historical style
with the Madonna statue in a corner
niche, today's School of Konštantínova
street. It was built in r. 1882 as the seat
of the Order of British virgins.
In the following years, the Institute further
expanded at the turn of the century, it
has also served the original religious
house: a four-year girl's school, a fouryear school girls burgess, six-year higher
school girls and college girls.
With no big problems are then transformed
in the new government and the school
system after year 1918th.
Cathedral of St. Nicholas
In the widest part of this peculiar
polygon, the Roman Catholic Church
of St Nicholas towers over all else. It
is the largest religious building in the
city at 55 metres long, 35 metres
wide and with a 71 metre-high tower.
Inside, its Baroque-topped, Gothicbased altar is primarily the work of
the home-town carver Ján Weiss,
although the ubiquitous Master Paul
of Levoca also makes a contribution,
providing one of only three
sculptures that remain from the
original Gothic adornments.
Visitors can climb the stairs of the tower
for a panoramic view of the city and on a fine day - the surrounding hilltop castles.
Rákoczi Palace
Influential Rákoczi family left its traces
not only in Košice but in Prešov as
well. During the anti – Habsburg
uprising a lot of political meetings
took place here, such as the meeting
of Juraj Rákoczi with the emperor
Ferdinand; František II. Rákoczi made
this palace his residence during the
mentioned uprisings.
Located in the historic Rákoczi Palace in
the centre of Prešov, Prešov Regional
Museum originated in 1945 as a
Municipal Museum, later becoming a
Regional Museum and from 1961 the
Museum of the Slovak Council
Republic.
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Lenka Kavuľová
Michaela Jurčišinová
Daniela Gregová
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