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

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 of 6 ha. Models of prehistoric animals in life sizes installed in more than 20 scenes are visible in an environment in which they probably inhabited our planet more than 65 million years ago. The models are produced by a special patented technology based on current scientific knowledge and found fossils. In addition to paleontologically loyal dinosaurs models, visitors can get acquainted with information about individual species, about the development of life on Earth, the movement of continents, etc.

Wikipedia: DinoPark Košice (SK)

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.

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

Wikipedia: Košická citadela (SK)

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)

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)

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.

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Thalia Theatre, is the theatre of the Hungarian national minority in Košice. Theatre was established in 1969. Under the name Košice Theatre Thalia Szinház works in the establishment of the Košice Self-Governing Region. It is a travel theatre, most of its performances are outside Košice, especially in the south of Slovakia and of course in Hungary.

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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.

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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.

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The Palace of the Upper General Capitanate is a historic building on Hlavna Street in Košice. As the name implies, in the past it was the seat of the Upper Capitanate. Today there is a Slovak Technical Museum. The palace was built between 1876 and 1899 in Art Nouveau style.

Wikipedia: Palác hornouhorského generálneho kapitanátu (SK)

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.

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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)

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)

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