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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Košice

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In the first written document from 1303 it is mentioned as an already existing church. It was built in about 1290. The oldest part of the church is the
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After a big fire in 1556, the damaged church served as a store-house up to the beginning of the 18th century, when it was rebuilt in the
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as well as the tower on the northern joint of the nave with the sanctuary. The 68 metres high conical tower is the highest in Košice.
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reconstruction they had been broadened into the present shape. The
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The interior is richly decorated with wall paintings. The
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13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovakia
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Dominican Church (Košice)

Slovak
church
Košice
Slovakia
Romanesque
nave
Baroque
sanctuary
Gothic style
Baroque style
ceiling
Štefan Voroš
altar
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Rosary
Saint Dominic
Dominican Order
saints
Catherine of Siena
Thomas Aquinas
Margaret
Béla IV
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
View of entrance
View of the church
Church bell
Interior
Interior

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