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Bell of St. Urban

Zvon Urban
Bell of St. Urban
Zvon Urban
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Kassa, Košice 
Address:
Hlavné námestie 4-3, 040 01 Košice
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.720634, 21.257915
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History

The bell of St. Urban weighing 7,200 kilograms served in the Urban-tower until 1966, when it fell down and broke due to a fire. The bell was cast in 1557 by Illenfeld Ferenc, famous bell-founder and cannon-maker, from the fragments of the bells destroyed in the fire in 1556. The non-metallic copy of the bell can be seen before the Urban-tower. The copy of the bell that is rung at noon every day was made in 1999.

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