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former Seat of the Chamber of Szepes

former Seat of the Chamber of Szepes
Original function:
seat of an institution
Current function:
n/a
Settlement:
Kassa, Košice 
Address:
Hlavná 68
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.722722, 21.256307
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History

The Chamber of Szepes was created in 1567 for the financial administration of the eastern parts of Hungary. Most of the building has already been demolished by now, but a narrow section of the former building still stands.

During a reconstruction in 1935 a worker found a copper vessel full of gold coins in the cellar of the building with his pickaxe by accident. This is the so called "gold treasure of Kassa" and it can be seen in the East-Slovakian Museum (former Museum of Upper Hungary).

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