Sights in East Slovakia
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Šariš museum
There are two branches of the Šariš museum on the square. At the Icon Exposition you can see more than 160 dazzling icons from the 16th to 19th centuries.Originally, the stylised portraits of Christ Pantocrator, the Mother of God and a whole flock of saints decorated Greek Catholic and Orthodox churches east of here. The other branch, the 1509 town hall , centre square, houses the Historical Exposition (Historická expozícia). The building is a unique piece of early Renaissance architecture: note the bay staircase, the carved stone portals and the wooden inlay ceiling in the Meeting Room. The rooms contain local paintings, coins and weaponry.
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Šariš museum Icon Exposition
There are two branches of the Šariš museum on the square. At the Icon Exposition you can see more than 160 dazzling icons from the 16th to 19th centuries.Originally, the stylised portraits of Christ Pantocrator, the Mother of God and a whole flock of saints decorated Greek Catholic and Orthodox churches east of here. The other branch, the 1509 town hall , centre square, houses the Historical Exposition (Historická expozícia). The building is a unique piece of early Renaissance architecture: note the bay staircase, the carved stone portals and the wooden inlay ceiling in the Meeting Room. The rooms contain local paintings, coins and weaponry.
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Cathedral of St Elizabeth
The dark and brooding Cathedral of St Elizabeth wins the prize for sight most likely to grace your Košice postcard home. Europe's easternmost Gothic cathedral (first built in about 1380 but remodelled many times) dominates the square. Frescoes decorate the interior, as do the stone sculptures by Master Štefan, a local 15th-century sculptor. Ferenc Rákóczi II is buried in the crypt on the left side of the nave. For grand views of the town climb the cathedral's ornate tower.
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Executioner's bastion
The 15th-century Executioner's bastion is part of Košice's ancient fort-ifications and includes Ferenc Rákóczi House (adult/student 40/20Sk; h09:00-17:00 Tue-Sat, 09:00-13:00 Sun) containing some of the Hungarian heroes personal effects. Buy tickets here for Mikluš prison , a connected pair of 16th-century houses that once served as a prison and torture chamber.
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Town Hall
The 1509 town hall houses the Historical Exposition (Historická expozícia). The building is a unique piece of early Renaissance architecture: note the bay staircase, the carved stone portals and the wooden inlay ceiling in the Meeting Room. The rooms contain local paintings, coins and weaponry.
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Basilica of St Egídius
A fine example of late Gothic architecture inside and out, the 15th-century Basilica of St Egídius is packed with no less than 11 winged Gothic altarpieces built from 1460 to 1510. West of the square the 18th-century Jewish suburb has a synagogue in need of restoration and a small Jewish cemetery.
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East Slovak Museum
Find hidden treasure at the East Slovak Museum. Workers found the secret stash of 2920 gold coins, dating from the 15th to 18th centuries, while renovating a house on Hlavná in 1935. (Anyone have a shovel?) In the museum yard there's a relocated 1741 wooden church that's rarely open.
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Medieval Košice archaeological excavations
Medieval Košice archaeological excavations. Go underground to explore the buried remains of the ancient archaeology of medieval Košice - defence chambers, fortifications, waterways and the cathedral foundations - in the mazelike passages unearthed during roadwork in 1996.
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Ferenc Rákóczi House
Ferenc Rákóczi House contains some of the Hungarian heroes personal effects. The museum complex was built in and around the 15th-century Executioner's bastion (Katova bašta), part of Košice's ancient fortifications. Buy tickets here for Mikluš prison.
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East Slovak Art Gallery
A mix of traditional and out-there art characterises the East Slovak Art Gallery inside Shire hall (Župný dom; 1779), where the 1945 Košice Government Program was proclaimed.
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Mikluš prison
Mikluš prison is a connected pair of 16th-century houses that once served as a prison and torture chamber. Buy tickets from Ferenc Rákóczi House.
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Slovak Technical Museum
Historically Košice was known for its tinker tradesmen, and the Slovak Technical Museum shows examples of old machines and wrought-iron ornamental work.
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Plague Column
Young and old gather on the benches facing the musical fountain, near the ornate, c 1900 State Theatre. To the north there is a large plague column.
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Wax Museum
Entry to the cheesy Wax Museum gets you inside Urban Tower (built in the 14th century, rebuilt in the 20th), on the other side of the church.
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Jewish suburb
West of the main square the 18th-century Jewish suburb has a synagogue in need of restoration and a small Jewish cemetery.
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Zoo Košice
Located in the small village of Kavečany, 9km north. To get there, take bus 29 from near the East Slovak Museum to the final stop.
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St Michael's Chapel
To the south of the Cathedral of St Elizabeth is the 14th-century St Michael's Chapel. St Michael is the patron saint of the dead.
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