Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Košice, Slovakia
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2.8 km
83 m
Explore Košice in Slovakia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in KošiceSight 1: Morová kaplnka sv. Rozálie
The Plague Chapel of St. Rosalie in Košice was built at the bottom of Red bank, according to work of T. Tornyossy and J. Goresch, near the cemetery in 1714–1715 as the memorial of the plague from 1710 to 1711. The chapel was successfully erected in 1785, thanks to the foundation of priest Józef Sztolzman. In 1898 Jan Balogh restored it. At that time its interior was renewed and completed as well.
Sight 2: Kostol Sedembolestnej Panny Márie
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a Baroque church in Košice, in the Sever district on Na Calvary Street. It is the largest Calvary church in Slovakia.
Wikipedia: Kostol Sedembolestnej Panny Márie (Košice) (SK), Url
Sight 3: Amfiteáter
Amphitheater Košice is an amphitheater in Košice, Sever district on Festivalovo námestie no. 2.
Sight 4: Obetiam nehody električky č. 6
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.
Sight 5: 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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