PrešovHistorical monuments

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History

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80 000 – 40 000 years B.C. – the oldest traces of the existence of man 8th – 13th century – a Slavic settlement 1247 – the first written citation 1299 – municipal privileges 1377 – privileges of a free royal town 15th century – economic prosperity

Important occasions

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1453 – a municipal coat of arms 1667 – evangelical college 1687 – the bloody slaughter-house of Prešov 1714 & 1720 – two big conflagrations 16th June 1919 – the Slovak republic of Councils

St. Nicholas Church

Katarína Hrabčáková, Daniel Krafčík 1.A

14. Century - People of Prešov built St. Nicholas church 1711, 1788 - big repairs after fires - with a big organ

1989 - the last repair - legnth 54,7 m - width 34,45 m - height of tower 71 m

Saltern

Katarína Hrabčáková, Daniel Krafčík 1.A

The main objects:   Gápeľ - a mining equipment above the Leopold shaft               - used for brine mining and it was horse-driven  Salt storehouse - boiled salt has stored since 1580                               - 7 store rooms – capacity of each was 168 000 kg - fire in 1986   A bell tower  - to announce the beginning of work shifts (later a fire)                          - put out service in the middle of 1920s

Jewish synagogue

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1898 - Kollacsek and Wirth built the Orthodox synagogue - austere neo-Roman facades 1880 - the Orthodox community has built outside the city walls 1928 - came into existence an exhibition of the Museum of Jewish Culture - the building is still today used as a house of prayer

Caraffa’s prison

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Name in the time of the bloody slaughter-house of Prešov A godown of the city winery, for keeping check gauges and scales, a town armoury and prison The torture chamber in the underground Purpose of archiving written documents of Prešov

Bosák’s house

Katarína Hrabčáková, Daniel Krafčík 1.A

1896 - Michal Bosák left to USA - he is signed on the 10 dollars note 1921 - building named after Michal Bosák - on the building are 8 statues:

• Spring• Autumn• Summer• Winter• Calm and Peace• Richness• Thriftiness• Science

Town hall

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A house of an artist Peter Maller A city winery A late Baroque style 1961 - a national cultural sight

Neptune’s fountain

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1530 - the first written mention about jewis 18. Century - Mark Holländer first from jewis who lived in Prešov 1789 - Neptune’s fountain is built by Vincent Staviarsky

Calvary

Katarína Hrabčáková, Daniel Krafčík 1.A

Found by the Dying Christ Association (Jesuit priests) The Christ on the Olive Hill chapel and the Cross were the first objects to be consecrated It depicts the Way of the Cross The graveyard and the catacombs

Thank you for attention

Katarína Hrabčáková, Daniel Krafčík 1.A