18 Sights in Košice, Slovakia (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Košice, Slovakia. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 18 sights are available in Košice, Slovakia.

Sightseeing Tours in Košice

1. DinoPark

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DinoPark

DinoPark Košice is a fun and educational attraction suitable for families with children of all ages and school excursions. The park was opened on June 1, 2013. It is located in a forest valley with a stream on an area of 6 ha. Life-size models of prehistoric animals installed in more than 20 scenes can be seen here in the environment in which they probably inhabited our planet more than 65 million years ago. The models are produced using a special patented technology based on current scientific knowledge and fossils found. In addition to paleontologically faithful models of dinosaurs, visitors can get acquainted with information about individual species, the evolution of life on Earth, the movement of continents, etc.

Wikipedia: DinoPark Košice (SK)

2. Zoologická záhrada Košice

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Zoologická záhrada Košice

The Košice Zoo is a zoo in Košice, Slovakia in the borough of Kavečany. It covers 292 hectares and is the largest zoo in Slovakia and the third largest in Europe. Visitors are allowed in only about one third of the site. Another area outside the visitors area is preserved as the Carpathian Biom, with many wild Slovak species of fauna and flora, including the Imperial Eagle, Black Storc, and Raven. The zoo hosts about 250,000 visitors each year. Inside the zoo is a large Slovak "Jurassic Park" and many educational trails.

Wikipedia: Košice Zoo (EN), Website, Facebook

3. Obetiam nehody električky č. 6

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The accident of tram line no. 6 occurred in Košice on October 30, 1978. It is the largest accident in the history of urban transport in Slovakia and at the same time one of the most tragic tram accidents in the history of Central Europe. A set of Tatra T3 trams on line 6 got out of control while driving downhill along the SNP class to the Amphitheater and, due to excessive speed, derailed, overturned and crashed into trees. The accident killed 9 people and injured 90. The youngest victim was only 14 years old.

Wikipedia: Nehoda električky v Košiciach v roku 1978 (SK)

4. Ruiny Citadela

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Ruiny Citadela

The Citadel of Košice was a Baroque citadel located in the territory of Košice from 1671 to 1713. The citadel was one of the gradually built parts of the Košice city fortifications. It was built south of the city walls and part of it was uncovered during archaeological research, which preceded the construction of the Aupark shopping center on the Square of the Liberators. The remains of the citadel can be found in front of the main entrance to Aupark, as well as in its underground car park.

Wikipedia: Košická citadela (SK)

5. Archeologické múzeum

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Archeologické múzeum

The Archaeological Museum in Košice is a museum of Košice city fortifications, specifically its Lower Gate. The area was uncovered during the reconstruction of Hlavná Street (1995-1996). The archaeological survey was led by Košice preservationists Marcela Ďurišová and Jozef Duchoň. The museum project is the work of engineer Alexander Lami. The museum under a large concrete slab was opened to the public in 1998.

Wikipedia: Archeologické múzeum (Košice) (SK)

6. Pamätník neznámeho protifašistického bojovníka

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Pamätník neznámeho protifašistického bojovníka

A memorial to an unknown anti -fascist warrior is a memorial commemorating the victim of the anti -fascist resistance located on the Liberators' Square in Košice opposite the memorial of the Soviet army soldiers. The memorial was built on the basis of the design Ing. Karol Mileler and Viliam Columbby. The author of this sculpture is the academic sculptor Vojtech Löffler. Construction was carried out in 1947 - 1948.

Wikipedia: Pamätník neznámeho protifašistického bojovníka (SK)

7. Thália

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The Thália Theatre is a theatre of the Hungarian national minority in the city of Košice. The theatre was established in 1969. Under the name Thália Színház Košice Theatre, it operates within the founding competence of the Košice self-governing region. It is a travelling theatre, most of its performances are performed outside of Košice, especially in the south of Slovakia and, of course, in Hungary.

Wikipedia: Divadlo Thália (SK), Website

8. Múzeum letectva

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The Museum of Aviation is a transport and military history museum in Košice, Slovakia. It is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice and is located near the Košice International Airport, on the outskirts of the city. It opened on August 23, 2002. After a general reconstruction and enlargement period that lasted since 2004, the museum reopened on September 2, 2006.

Wikipedia: Museum of Aviation (Košice) (EN), Website

9. Košická detská historická železnica

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The Košice Children's Heritage Railway is a 4.2 km (2.6 mi) long single-track heritage railway with a track gauge of 1,000 mm. The railway was opened on 20 September 1955 as a pioneer railway near Košice in Slovakia and is still in operation today. It is located in the rural part of the city's Košice-Sever borough.

Wikipedia: Košice Children's Heritage Railway (EN), Website

10. Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu

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Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Palace of the Upper Hungarian General Captaincy is a historical building on Hlavná Street in Košice. As the name implies, in the past it was the seat of the Upper Hungarian Main Captainate. Today it houses the Slovak Technical Museum. The palace was built between 1876 and 1899 in the Art Nouveau style.

Wikipedia: Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu (SK)

11. Evanjelický kostol

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The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church in Mlynská ulica in Košice, Slovakia is a Neoclassical church building of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, a Lutheran denomination. It has Sunday services at 09:30 and 18:00 in Slovak, and at 08:15 in Hungarian.

Wikipedia: Evangelical Church of Košice (EN)

12. Kostol Najsvätejšej Trojice

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The Church of the Holy Trinity or commonly known as the Premonstratensian Church, or initially the Jesuit Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Košice, Slovakia. It is an example of Baroque architecture in the city and was the site of the martyrdom of three saints in 1619.

Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Trinity, Košice (EN), Website

13. Kostol Kráľovnej pokoja

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The Church of the Queen of Peace is a church located in the city district of South in Košice on Mercy Street. He is dedicated to the Virgin Mary of the Queen of Peace and since 1963 it has been a national cultural monument of the Slovak Republic.

Wikipedia: Kostol Kráľovnej pokoja (Košice) (SK), Website, Url

14. Chrám Narodenia Presvätej Bohorodičky

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The Greek Catholic Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary's Birth is located at Moyzesova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It is the cathedral of the Eparchy of Košice of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice (EN), Website, Url

15. Kostol Ducha Svätého

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Kostol Ducha Svätého

The Holy Spirit Church or Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit is the oldest building in Košice-Juh, Košice, Slovakia. It is located at beginning of Južná trieda, close to the historic centre of medieval Košice.

Wikipedia: Holy Spirit Church (Košice) (EN), Website, Url

16. Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie

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The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary or commonly known as the Dominican Church at Dominikánske námestie is the oldest church in Košice, Slovakia, and also the oldest preserved building in the town.

Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Košice (EN), Website, Url

17. Saint Elisabeth Cathedral

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The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, also called Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, is a Gothic cathedral in Košice, Slovakia. It is the largest church in Slovakia and one of the easternmost Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of St. Elizabeth (EN), Website, Youtube

18. Kostol Božského Srdca Ježišovho

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Kostol Božského Srdca Ježišovho

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Jesuit church in the Old Town district of Košice. The church was originally built as a chapel between 1936 and 1937 and was consecrated to church in 2009.

Wikipedia: Kostol Božského Srdca Ježišovho (Košice) (SK), Url

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