MONUMENTS OF PREŠOV Katarína Trojanovská, Simona Siváková, Zuzana Višňovská 1.B
Feb 14, 2016
MONUMENTS OF PREŠOV
Katarína Trojanovská, Simona Siváková,Zuzana Višňovská
1.B
CONTENTThe Church of St. NicholasThe church of St. CrossTown HallOrthodox SynagogueThe Natural Cultural Site of SolivarCathedral church of St. John the BaptistThe Caraffa´s PrisonThe Florian´s GateThe Evangelical Church of St. TrojicaBosak´s bankRákóczi´s PalaceFountain of Neptune
THE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS
-the construction was finished in 1515.-the biggest church in Prešov.-parameters are: long: 54,7 m width: 34,45 m height: 16 m
THE CHURCH OF ST. CROSS
-baroque church-built in 1753-František Perger-paintings by Ondrej Trtina
TOWN HALL
-is situated in the eastern part of the square-it was rebuilt to a city winery-1961
ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE
-built in 1898-paintings by Andrej Grazl.-1991
THE NATURAL CULTURAL SITE OF
SOLIVAR-from 17th century-salt mining (first done bymeans of evaporation from brine)-part of Solivar: Gápeľ, theLeopold mine-shaft, the Klopačka,Salt storage, the Četerne,smelting works, blacksmith´sworkshops, ... -actual mining of salt began in 1572-National Cultural Site since 1970
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST.
JOHN THE BAPTIST-built in 17th century-gothic church reconstructed in theBaroque style-facade in Baroque style from 18thcentury
-An iconostasis in interior from the half of the 19th century
THE CARAFFA´S PRISON-built in 1504-1509-Late-Gothic building-then – an armoury andstore for the safe-keeping ofweights and measures-now – gallery
THE FLORIAN´S GATE
-built in 15. century-remains of Prešov´sfortification-St. Florian´s Chapel abovethe passage of the gate-in the next building was apublic hospital in 19th
century
THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF ST.TROJICA
-unique renaissance church-one of a few Protestant churches in Slovakia-first half of the 17th century-building took five years
BOSAK´S BANK
-bank established Michal Bosák -on 31st August 1920-the building was built in Art Nouveau style by architect William Glasza
RÁKÓCZI´S PALACE-the end of the 16th century-for the most beautiful Renaissance palace in the former Upper Uhorsko-At present the Regional Museum is placed in the building
FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE
the only preserved original city tank-the early 19th century by Mark Holländer-The author of the statue of Neptune is a stonemason and sculptor Vincent Staviarska who completed the sculpture in 1826-Statue of Neptune was restored in early 90th of the 20th century
SOURCES http://www.muzeum.sk/?obj=pamiatka
&ix=sol_stm http://www.presov.sk/portal/?c=12&id=
3091 http://www.presov.sk/portal/?c=12&id=
3090
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