Židovský cintorín Pečovská Nová Ves
V 18-19. storočí žila v obci početná židovská komunita. Po smutných udalostiach II. svetovej vojny zostal po tejto komunite v obci iba cintorín, ten sa nachádza na svahu Mníše. Areál cintorína v tvare obdĺžnika je ohradený betónovými panelmi. Celkovo cca 100 náhrobných kameňov je uložených v 5 radoch. Umeleckou a historickou hodnotou cintorína sú výtvarne […]
Jewish cemetery Brezovica
Brezovica lies in the Torysa valley below the eastern foothills of the mountains Levočské vrchy. The settlement developed on the old road leading from Šariš to Spiš, usually referred in the period materials as the “via magna” – the great road. Later, after the establishment of the villages of Tichý Potok and Blažov with the […]
Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue
In 1929, the Jewish Society for the Care of the Sick (Chevra Bikur Cholim) rebuilt one of the houses into a synagogue on today’s Kláštorská Street. It is a simple building facing the street with its eastern façade, dominated by a pair of Gothic angled windows and the Hebrew inscription bearing the name of the […]
Orthodox synagogue
The synagogue is the only synagogue in Prešov still used. It was built in 1898 by the company Kollacsek and Wirth as a two-storey building without towers in the Moorish style based on the design of a synagogue built in the town of Tokaj. The interior features an almemor and Torah ark of a great […]
Giraltovce Jewish Cemetery
Jewish cemetery with ornamental tombstones from the 18th century. According to the records, the cemetery (located directly in the town on the hill) was founded in 1862. In the past, it was used also by smaller Jewish communities living near (Francovce, Kračunovce and Železník). The last burial took place there in 1942. There are about […]
Jewish suburb – Old Synagogue Bardejov
The area of the so-called Jewish suburb is the most important locality of the Jewish cultural heritage in Bardejov. The complex of Jewish ritual buildings consists of the Old Synagogue, the House of Assembly (Bet hamidras), a ritual bath (mikveh), a tower and a boiler room. In the past, there was also a ritual slaughterhouse […]
Múzeum židovskej kultúry (Slovenské národné múzeum)
Prešovské židovské múzeum vzniklo v r. 1928 ako prvé svojho druhu na Slovensku. Najväčší podiel na jeho budovaní a zhromažďovaní zbierok mal predseda geologickej obce Ing. Eugen Bárkány a dr. Teodor Austerlitz, syn slávneho prešovského rabína. Vďaka nim sa podarilo získať asi 300 predmetov pochádzajúcich zo Slovenska, početné dary zo zahraničia. Získali aj zodpovedajúce priestory […]
Church of St. James Veľký Šariš – originally a Romanesque-Gothic church.
Originally a Romanesque-Gothic single-nave church, today a three-nave church with a square presbytery, a sacristy in the northern part, a tower in the west and side chapels. The church was probably built at the same time as the Šariš Castle as a single-nave building with a massive tower and a square-shaped presbytery with a cross […]
Wooden Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, Nižný Komárnik
The original Greek Catholic wooden church in Nižný Komarník was probably built in the middle of the 18th century. This wooden temple burned down during the First World War. Today’s wooden church was built in 1938 and is dedicated (like the original one before) to the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Guardian. The […]
Gaboltov – Church of St. Adalbert
The pilgrimage site of Gaboltov has been known for centuries mainly for its respect for Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the St. Vitus tradition.The village of Gaboltov lies in the north-eastern part of Slovakia, 15 km northwest of Bardejov in the valley of the Kamenec stream below the hill called Busov. About 3 km […]
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Ľutina
The Marian pilgrimage site of Ľutina lies on the southern slope of the Čergov mountains in the valley of the Ľutinka stream. The hill Ľutinská hora became known to the public as the place of alleged apparitions of St. Nicholas. The oldest written record of the village goes back to 1330. The apparition happened in […]