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Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén

Trenčianske múzeum - Katov dom
Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén
Trenčianske múzeum - Katov dom
Original function:
prison/jail
house
Current function:
museum
Address:
Matúšova, 911 01 Trenčín
Historical Hungarian county:
Trencsén
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.894542, 18.043174
Google map:

History

It is a Renaissance burgher‘s house from the 16th century. It is said that the executioner of the town lived in it in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it also served as a prison in the 19th century.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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