kosice
The second largest city of the country
Kosice is a nice small town in the eastern end of the country, The pedestrian street is cosy with flowers all year long. The city has a small zoo, an opera house and a cathedral. There are several daily connections to Bratislava and at least once daily a train to Prague (a night train). Getting here is cheap and you rarely meet any tourists. So at least for me its the perfect spot to relax
New Orthodox Synagogue
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The New Orthodox Synagogue, Košice (Slovak: Nová ortodoxná synagóga v Košiciach) was built in the years 1926–1927 at Puškinova Street. The synagogue was designed by the Budapest-educated architect Ľudovít Oelschläger. The facade uses both neo-classical and local traditional motifs; and example of the latter is the attic storey which is in a style often found in renaissance buildings of Eastern Slovakia. The interior which is largely constructed in concrete is in the modernist with a domed central hall and a women's gallery with a metal mechitzah. The central bimah faces an ark made of red marble. A school was built adjoining the synagogue.
Transports of Jews from Kosice to Nazi camps were carried out during World War II. A bronze Holocaust memorial plate was installed on the front of the synagogue in 1992. It informs that more than 12,000 Jews of Košice were taken to concentration camps in 1944. It does not mention that more than 2,000 Jews from Košice's surroundings were concentrated here and then also sent to the concentration camps. Only 400 of all transported Jews survived. |
St. Elisabeth Cathedral
The St. Elisabeth Cathedral (Slovak: Dóm svätej Alžbety) is a Gothic cathedral in Košice. It is Slovakia's biggest church, as well as one of the most eastern located Gothic cathedrals in Europe.
The record on the existence of Košice, dating from 1230, is connected with the existence of the rectory church. In the process of the settlement's transformation from a rural community into a town, all its periods of successes and failures have been reflected on St. Elizabeth's Cathedral. According to historical and archaeological sources the present-day cathedral was built on the place of the older temple which was consecrated to St. Elisabeth as well. It was referred about the church in the document of Pope Martin V in the year 1283 and in the letter of 1290, which stated that the bishop of Eger Andrew II exempted Košice parish from the dean's sphere of jurisdiction. |
State Theatre Košice
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The State Theatre, Košice (Slovak: Štátne divadlo Košice) is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia.
The representative building of the State Theatre was built in a Neo-baroque style according to projects of Adolf Lang during the years 1879–1899. The interior of the theatre is richly decorated with plaster ornaments. The stage is lyre-shaped. The ceiling of the building is decorated with scenes from William Shakespeare's tragedies Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream. |