Best Attractions and Places to See in Levoca, Slovakia
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List of Best Things to do in Levoca, Slovakia.
Town Hall
St. Jacob's Church
Levoca Historic Centre
Marianska Hora
Cage of Shame
Dom Majstra Pavla (Spis Museum)
Master Paul's House
Evangelical church in Levoca
The new church and Minorite monastery in Levoca
Levoca town walls
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian ... (UNESCO/NHK)
The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine cultures. The edifices exhibit some typological variations in their floor ...
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Wooden Churches (Slovakia) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Wooden Churches.
The wooden churches of Eastern Slovakia are secret treasures. It is most likely that the oldest wooden church is situated in Hervartov, around seven kilometres southwest of Bardejov. In the Carpathian region, this unique architecture has been preserved in the style of the people's Baroque. The Gothic altar, the image of the Last Supper, and most of the wall paintings and ornaments, are in perfect condition. Most of Slovakia’s wooden churches date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and were built following the union of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1646. In Krivé there is a Greek Catholic building dedicated to Saint Lukas The Evangelist. Its interior contains a remarkable and well-preserved icon complex that dates back to the sixteenth century. The Ikonostase is the barrier that, in all eastern churches, separates the common people from the sanctum, which is reserved for priests only. Built in Jedlinka in 1763, is the Greek Catholic church of the Protection Of Our Lady. Each wooden church is divided into three sections and they differ in appearance by the shape of their roofs and arrangement of the towers. The interior is dominated by a fully-preserved rococo iconostasis, the most well-preserved monument of its kind in Slovakia. The King's Door and Sacred Gate in the middle of the wall, may only be passed in front of by an ordained priest dressed in liturgical clothing. The side doors are intended for deacons and lay preachers. For centuries the wooden churches of Eastern Slovakia have on the one hand reflected the frailty and poverty of the people, but they also testify to their imperturbable confidence in God who was often the one and only last hope in their life.
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Kezmarok (Slovakia) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Kezmarok in Slovakia.
Kežmarok is located in the north east of Slovakia in front of the fabulous scenery of the High Tatra. The town’s fifteenth century Gothic castle is located at the edge of the Old Town and its external walls form some sections of the city wall. At the beginning of the sixteenth century it was owned by the Thököly family and was given its present day splendour in full Renaissance style. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Kežmarok was a centre of rebellion against the Viennese Emperor. Its Baroque castle chapel is a fine building and was renovated in 1658 at the time of the Protestant Oppression. The castle survived the changing times and is one of the town’s main attractions. In the centre of the old town is the Roman Catholic Holy Cross Basilica with its white façade and tall church tower. Gothic and Renaissance dominate its rich interior. The altars and murals, with figures of the story of the Passion, are one of Slovakia’s most valuable works of art. The highlight is the basilica’s main wing altar that features Christ. The town’s Evangelical-Lutheran congregation had the New Protestant AB Church built between 1872 and 1894. Later followed the annexing of a mausoleum for Imre Thököly, who stood up for religious freedom. It was built according to an unconventional design by Danish architect, Theophil Hansen, who featured Byzantine, Romanesque, Moorish and Oriental elements. Next to it is one of the most beautiful articular churches in Slovakia. The churchs’ treasures include one of the oldest wooden pipe organs, a baptismal font, and splendid altar. These were the directives issued within the framework of the Counter-Reformation of 1681: the Articularies. Built at their own cost, completely made of wood, without a stone foundation and within twelve months, this extraordinary building is one of Kežmarok’s most prized buildings.
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Kežmarok, Slovakia [Кежмарок, Словакия]
Kežmarok (German: Kesmark/Käsmark, Hungarian: Késmárk, Polish: Kieżmark, Latin: Kesmarkium) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 17,000), on the Poprad River.
Sights:
Town hall
Protestant church
Railway station building
Reduta, now city library
Houses at Starý trh (Old Market)
Wooden articular church
[RU] Кежмарок (словацк. Kežmarok, нем. Kesmark/Käsmark, венг. Késmárk) — исторический город в восточной Словакии на реке Попрад между Высокими Татрами и Левочскими Врхами. Население — около 17 тыс. человек.
Достопримечательности
Кежмарский замок
Редуты
Базилика св. Креста
Ратуша
Костёл св. Марии
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Skanzen Vlkolinec (Slovakia) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Skanzen Vlkolinec in Slovakia.
Seven hundred metres above sea level, herds of sheep graze peacefully on the slopes of the Great Fatra, the location of almost hidden and forgotten, Vlkolínec, a unique village in the heart of Slovakia’s Liptov region. Today, the vibrant village is tantamount to being an open-air museum. Since 1977 the characteristic blockhouses of Central Slovakia have been listed as historic monuments. A small museum within a farmhouse at the entrance to the community provides an insight into the village life of 1886. In front of the houses are small flower and vegetable gardens, well-cared-for by the farmers’ wives. The houses have gabled saddle roofs and are covered with wooden shingle. For the winter months, firewood is piled against the walls. The village was first mentioned in 1376. Its name was derived from the Slovakian location of Vlk, which means Wolf, a fitting name for this isolated mountain settlement as it was a reference to the former duty of the villagers to build and maintain wolves’ holes. On the outskirts is the picturesque church of the Visitation Of Virgin Mary, built in 1875, a single-nave, Neoclassical building with an adjoining tower and sacristy. It is a sacred building of the Christian church, in the past the only place for social life within the region’s harsh environment. Vlkolĺnec, a place inhabited by wolves!
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St. Margaret The Queen Church in June
The late morning of Wednesday 17th June 2009 was a typical English Summer Day, so I revisited St. Margaret the Queen Church at Buxted in East Sussex to capture this video. The 2000 year old Yew Tree is also featured and wildflowers such as Ox-Eye Daisies, Bird's Foot Trefoil and red clover. A lovely piece of music by Matt Harris titled Childhood Memories completes this video nicely.
MARY'S HILL/MARIAN HILL (pilgrimage site)
Mariánska hora (Marian Hill) is one of the oldest and best known pilgrimage sites in Central Europe. The pilgrimage that takes place annually on the first Sunday in July may be traced back to the times when the Friars Minor, spreading Marian veneration, consecrated the chapel built on the hill to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the 14th century. THE HISTORY OF MARY’S HILL IN LEVOČA
The oldest pilgrimage place in eastern Slovakia is Levoča, where the roots of the Mary’s cult date back to the 13th century. The first mentions about this pilgrimage place and the gathering of Mary’s worshippers appear at those times. In 1247, the first chapel was built on Olivet hill. Probably it was built as manifestation of thankfulness to the Mother of God for rescuing numerous lives during the invasion of the Mongols, who attacked our territory and the town of Levoča as well. In 1311, the Franciscans came to Levoča and they established the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. In 1322, the Levoča parish priest Henrich renovated the first church on Mary’s Hill. In the second half of the 15th century, the size of the church on Mary’s Hill was already insufficient. Besides this fact, the state of the church was such that it was close to its collapse. In 1470, the parish priest Servác enlarged and partially rebuilt the church and shortly after that the church got the gracious Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary which has been preserved to the present.
Pilgrimages to the Mary’s Hill continued even during the Reformation. In addition, the local Evangelicals kept up the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary.
However, the revival of pilgrimages came into being only after the Counter Reformation, the first deed of which was a big procession and pilgrimage to the Hill on July 2, 1671. In 1673, the indulgence privilege was granted to Mary’s Hill by the Holy Father. The church was more-times rebuilt and extended. In 1698, the parish priest Štefan Györffy built the second church on Mary’s Hill. In 1819, Ján Ehrnspenger, the Levoča parish priest, built the third church on Mary’s Hill, which was consecrated by the Spiš bishop Michal Brigido, a former Levoča pa-rish priest, in 1820. In 1847, Roman Catholic parish priest Jozef Dulovič built a wooden chapel for the Eastern Byzantine worshippers. In 1906, Celestín Kompanyik began to build the present shrine from the thank-offerings of worshippers, which, after his death, was completed and furnished by the new parish priest Jozef Krššák. On July 2, 1922, the new and spacious church was solemnly consecrated by the new Spiš bishop Ján Vojtaššák, nowadays - a candidate for beatification.
In 1947, the Levoča parish priest Jozef Vojtas, who worked in Levoča after the Second World War, made ready imposing plans for Mary’s Hill (to build a pilgrim, religious and spiritual retreat house). However, the political situation in the 50´s prevented their realization. His plans were realized only after the fall of communism, after the year of 1989, by the present parish priest Msgr. Prof. František Dlugoš, Ph.D.
Initially, Mary’s Hill gathered the pilgrims from eastern and central Slovakia. The pilgrims of the Latin and Eastern Byzantine rite used to come together here. Especially the pilgrims from Košice, from beyond Magura, from Halíč and Pohronie, but also the Poles from the other side of the High Tatras journeyed to this place. Simple Slovakian people have come to Mary with their joys and pains, as to their mother, as they have often sung about in their pilgrimage religious songs.
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Slovakia or the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovensko, Slovenská republika; both names are officially recognized), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria to the west, the Czech Republic to the northwest, Hungary to the south, Poland to the north and Ukraine to the east.
Regions:
Slovakia is divided into nine political regions (kraje), which can be grouped into three regions for tourism purposes.
Western Slovakia (Bratislava, Nitra, Trnava, Trenčín, Topoľčany, Púchov)
Slovakia's urban core, home to the capital and largest city, the Danube, river valleys, forests and hills.
Central Slovakia (Banská Bystrica. Žilina, Tvrdošín, Rajecké Teplice)
A mountainous region of small towns, medieval mines and many national parks.
Eastern Slovakia (Košice, Poprad, Prešov, Bardejov)
Capped with the Tatras, another mountainous and more region with forests, agricultural pastures and home to Slovakia's second city.
Cities:
Bratislava—the republic's capital and largest city, with a beautifully restored historical centre full of Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance churches, palaces, cobblestone streets, charming hillside neighborhoods, fountains, riverside parks, and pleasant cafes, all looked down on from the city's impressive castle.
Banská Bystrica—once one of the most important mining towns in the Hungarian portion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and an important centre for Slovak culture, with a beautiful restored square, ancient churches, castles, museums and a memorial to the Slovak National Uprising.
Banská Štiavnica—a picturesque medieval mining town.
Košice—Slovakia's second largest city and the metropolis of the east, home to the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe, the oldest European coat of arms, a historical city centre, many palaces and museums.
Nitra—the oldest city in Slovakia, home to a pleasant city core, spectacular surrounding nature and an impressive castle.
Prešov—the best example of Renaissance architecture in Slovakia, numerous churches, the Solivary salt mine and museum.
Trenčín—one of the most charming towns in the country, with a highly-picturesque castle above the city overlooking its historical centre, the river Váh and the surrounding region.
Trnava—an ancient twn with the high number of churches and well-preserved Baroque architecture.
Žilina—the fourth largest city with a well-preserved historical city centre influenced by German architecture and a unique museum dedicated the tinkering culture in Budatín castle.
Destinations:
Bardejov—a spa town in the northeast that exhibits numerous cultural monuments and a completely intact medieval town centre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bojnice—Slovakia's most-visited castle, with beautifully preserved interiors.
High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry)—the country's largest national park and a major centre for winter sports and hiking.
Levoča—a magnificent medieval pearl in the Spiš region surrounded by town walls, with a unique Renaissance town hall, burger´s houses, numerous churches and St. James Cathedral, home to the biggest Gothic wooden altar of the world.
Piešťany—the country's most famous spa town.
Rajecké Teplice—a peaceful spa town surrounded by the magnificent Malá Fatra National Park.
Slovak Karst—a national park famous for an extensive network of natural caves and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Slovak Paradise National Park (Slovenský Raj)—a protected area of deep ravines and canyons carved by cascading waterfalls in limestone.
Spiš Castle—one of the largest castles in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Spišská Nová Ves—a charming medieval town in Eastern Slovakia.
Vlkolínec—a small, traditional Carpathian village in north-central Slovakia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians—a collection of 16th-18th century UNESCO-protected Catholic, Greek Catholic and Protestant wooden churches, most located in the north of the country in Tvrdošín, Kežmarok, Hervartov, Leštiny, Bodružal, Hronsek, Ruská Bystrá and Ladomirová.
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Beethoven: Overture 'Egmont' op. 84
The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra under Zbynek Muller open the first symphony concert ever in Levoca with Beethoven's stirring overture,.at the Evangelical Church
Wooden Tserkvas / Churches / 004
Wooden Tserkvas Unesco Drevené cerkvi Wooden Churches Drevené kostolíky
The Living Nativity (sk titulky)
Mini komedia o hercovi, co sa velmi vzil do svojej ulohy sv. Jozefa.
Verzia so slovenskými titulkami - titulky zapnete dole v lište / Slovak subtiles version - for subtitles turn on captions on menu.
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William Sterndale Bennett: O That I Knew I Might Find Him
Sung by Chorus Minor at the 2016 Indian Summer in Levoca Festival. 2016 is the bicentenary of the English composer William Sterndale Bennett, friend and pupil of Mendelssohn. O That I Knew I Might Find Him is one of his church anthems, with text based on the Book of Job and the Gospel of St. John. This performance by Chorus Minor was almost certainly the first time any of Bennett's works had been performed in Slovakia.
holy church of Csíksomlyó (Sumuleu Ciuc)
Sumuleu Ciuc (Csíksomlyó), Ardeal (Transylvania), Romania.
Every year for pentecost thousands of pilgram go to Csíksomlyó, to touch the statue of the holy mother (Babbamária). So many people, from all the corners of Hungary, and Hungarian minorances from other countries
Catholic Basilica of St. Mary, Oradea, Romania
Oradea, Romania, May 2015
Farewell Speech by Yogesh
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