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former County Hall, East-Slovakian Gallery

Župný dom
former County Hall, East-Slovakian Gallery
Župný dom
Original function:
county hall
Current function:
gallery
Settlement:
Kassa, Košice 
Address:
Hlavná 27, 040 01 Staré Mesto
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.719986, 21.258981
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History

It was the seat of Abaúj-Torna County within Hungary. It was built in Baroque-Classicist style in 1779 according to the plans of the architect Langer János. lt went through significant modifications between 1887 and 1889 led by the architects Gerster Béla and Markó Gusztáv.

After the Soviet invasion the Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes announced the notorious Government Program of Kassa from the balcony of this building on April 5, 1945 about the deprivation of rights and properties of the native Hungarian population and about their planned expulsion from their homeland. These were the so called Benes decrees.

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