katarína trojanovská, simona siváková, zuzana višňovská 1.b
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MONUMENTS OF PREŠOV
Katarína Trojanovská,
Simona Siváková,
Zuzana Višňovská
1.B
CONTENTThe Church of St. Nicholas
The church of St. Cross
Town Hall
Orthodox Synagogue
The Natural Cultural Site of Solivar
Cathedral church of St. John the Baptist
The Caraffa´s Prison
The Florian´s Gate
The Evangelical Church of St. Trojica
Bosak´s bank
Rákóczi´s Palace
Fountain 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 by
means of evaporation
from brine)
-part of Solivar: Gápeľ, the
Leopold mine-shaft,
the Klopačka,
Salt storage, the Četerne,
smelting works, blacksmith´s
workshops, ...
-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 the
Baroque style
-facade in Baroque style from 18th
century
-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 and
store for the safe-keeping of
weights and measures
-now – gallery
THE FLORIAN´S GATE
-built in 15. century
-remains of Prešov´s
fortification
-St. Florian´s Chapel above
the passage of the gate
-in the next building was a
public 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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