Here we are
again with a new blog post. It’s a bit earlier than expected but at this moment
I have some spear time to explain where we are.
We
travelled from Bratislava to Košice, one of the biggest cities of Slovakia. For
the people who don’t know where Košice is located, I will give you a short description. So Košice is a
city in eastern Slovakia. It is located on the river Hornàd at the eastern
reaches of the Slovak ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary.
We rented a
car to go to our new hostel. We took a longer, but easier and more comfortable
route through Hungary. The journey took about 5 hours and 400 km. We heard
wonderful things about this city and we really wanted to see it. We are truly
overwhelmed. It’s such a beautiful city!
We certainly
couldn’t visit everything on the same day. So I’m just going to talk about the
most beautiful sites we have seen.
The city
has a well preserved historical centre. There are many heritage buildings in
Renaissances, Art Nouveau, Baroque and Gothic styles. Slovakia’s largest
church, the St. Elisabeth Cathedral is located in this city. It’s an amazing
church with such a beautiful completion. The guide told us that the
construction of the biggest cathedral in the Kingdom of Hungary was supported
by the Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg and by the apostolic see itself. We have
visited the church yesterday for about 3 hours. We didn’t miss a single detail
and it was amazing.
The city is
well known as the first settlement in Europe to be granted its own
coat-of-arms. That made us very curious. The coat of arms used today features
symbols of historical countries. Košice is unique in that it was the first city
in Europe to gain a royal warrant for a coat of arms.
The most
historical monuments are located in or around the Main Street. The town has the
largest number of protected historical monuments in Slovakia. In addition to
St. Elisabeth, there is the St. Michael Chapel, the St. Urban Tower, and the
Neo-baroque State Theatre in the centre of town. Several other monuments and
buildings of cultural and historical interest are as well as a number of
galleries, museums and parks.
We have
visited a few of them. Such as Municipal Park, that is located between the
historical city centre and the main railway station. It’s a beautiful park in
the city to offer recreation and green space. We didn’t know that nature could
be so impressive. It was wonderful!
We ate something
after we visited all those wonderful sites and then we went to our hostel to pack
our suitcases. We still have a few hours before our plane leaves. This was the
end of our trip in Slovakia. I’ll be back soon with a new blog about our trip
around the world.
Regards
Jolien Masscheleyn
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C5%A1ice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_park
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