Košice at St. Urban Tower / Košice na Urbanove veži - Košice (East Slovakia)
N 48° 43.238 E 021° 15.485
34U E 518981 N 5396432
The depicted CoA of Košice city, the metropolis of East Slovakia, you can find above entrance portal of the Gothic St. Urban Tower located close to the St. Elizabeth Cathedral in the heart of Košice city centre.
Waymark Code: WMJBM7
Location: Košický kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 10/25/2013
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The depicted CoA of Košice city, the metropolis of East Slovakia, you can find above entrance portal of the Gothic St. Urban Tower located close to the St. Elizabeth Cathedral in the heart of Košice city centre.
In Gothic St. Urban Tower (Urbanova veža), originally a campanile erected on the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries located close to the St. Elizabeth Cathedral you can find only wax museum in Slovakia. The tower was reconstructed several times during 600 years of its existence. The Baroque onion with cross was added in 1775, the arcade at the tower's base was added after removal of old shops surrounding it in 1912. The tower was damaged by fire in 1966 and the tower was subsequently reconstructed in 1971.
Košice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa), the biggest city in eastern Slovakia, is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 240 000, Košice is the 2nd largest city in Slovakia after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural center of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, the Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theaters. Košice is an important industrial center of Slovakia. The U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has good railway connections and an international airport. [wiki]