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Historical Prešov
Town walls : -started in 1374 and completed in the 15th century.
-the best-preserved parts are the northeastern bastion and some parts of the walls in Kmeťovo stromoradie.
Town hall : -was originally a Gothic burgher‘s house changed into a wine bar.
-It is changes were connected with the big fires in 1768 and 1887
Rákoczy Palace : - was built of two burgher‘s houses by Žigmund Rákoczy at the and of the 16th century.
- it used to be a representative palace of the resistance movement of Rákoczy family.
- at present , the Regional Museum uses the building.
Szentandrássy Palace : - was constructed aas an integration of three medieval houses between 1880-1886 today the Ľudová bank residence
Vécsey Palace : - was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century
-the palace got a rich Baroque-Classicistic fasade decoration
Evangelic Collegium : -was a higher evangelical school built in 1667.
- it was one of the most important education centre in Hungary .
- in 1908 the memorial to the victims of the Caraffa‘s blood trial so called Prešov slaughtery was revealed at the corner of the building .
Neptune‘s Fountain : - is the only preserved tank of the former 10 water tanks than supplied the town with water
-1789
-sculpture was completed in 1826
St. Nicholas Concathedral
-important church in Prešov-it was built in the mid 14th century
-main altar
-statue of St. Sebastian
Calvary (Prešov)
-Located on a hill on the western edge of Prešov
-It comes from the first half of
the 18th century.
-cemetery and catacombs
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Lívia Ďuricová, Kristína Birnšteinová 1.E