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Kaplnka svateho Michala, Kosice

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The Saint Michael Chapel is a Gothic style chapel in Košice, Slovakia.HistoryIt was probably erected in the first half of the 14th century. It was built as a cemetery chapel inside the town walls in the place of the present-day park at Hlavná ulica (English: Main Street). The lower part of the chapel was initially an ossarium, the upper one served for offices for the deceased.The chapel served as a Slovak church whereas the St. Elisabeth Cathedral was a German and Hungarian church.During the rebuilding in the years 1902 - 1904, they pulled down the northern aisle (it was erected in 1508) and bricked 17 old gravestones (coming from the 14th till 17th century) into the exterior walls of the chapel to save them from destruction.Bad condition of the building was the reason of the complex reconstruction in the years 1998 - 2006. The reconstructed chapel was consecrated on January 22, 2006 by Košice's archbishop, Alojz Tkáč.InteriorThe patron of the dead, Saint Michael the Archangel, trampling the Devil, is shown on the facade. The archangels Raphael and Gabriel are on his sides. In the interior, there is a nice stone tabernacle, the ornamental sculpture Ecce Homo and rests of wall paintings from the Middle Ages. The first municipal coat of arms in Europe (dated back to 1369) is situated above the door leading to the vestry.

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• By DejanNS72

  Kapela Svetog Mihajla se nalazi odmah pored impresivne katedrale i na prvi pogled izgleda kao da su jedna celina. Obe su izgrađene u gotičkom stilu ali je, za razliku od katedrale, ornamentika i dekor...  more »

  St. Michael's Chapel is right next to an impressive cathedral and at first glance it looks like a whole. Both were built in a Gothic style but, unlike the cathedral, the decorations and the decoration of the chapel were much more solemn and simpler. Although not as a cathedral, it is a true jewel of the Gothic Slovak architecture. The chapel is very well maintained and restored. Unfortunately, it's not always open for visits.
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• By Swisshen

  Sitting quietly and unassumingly next to Elizabeth's Cathedral is this little romantic building in the adjacent park. But pop in. This Gothic church is dedicated to the archangel Michael and stands on...  more »

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• By Yuriy Drozhdzhal

  Nice place to walk nearby there.

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• By Tomáš Balluch

  A beautiful gothical Chapel near St. Elizabeth Catedral in the city centre. One of the oldest and most known buildings in the city.

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