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Dominican Church of the Assumption

Kostol nanebovzatia Panny Márie - dominikáni
Dominican Church of the Assumption
Kostol nanebovzatia Panny Márie - dominikáni
Dominican Church of the Assumption
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Dominikánske námestie 594, 040 01 Košice
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.720778, 21.255002
Google map:

History

It was already standing in the 1250's. The church was reconstructed in Gothic style in 1437. In 1553 the Calvinists of the town attacked and plundered the monastery, afterwards the Dominicans left Kassa. They returned in 1699 and restored the church by the year 1767 in Baroque style. It gained its current form in 1894.

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