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Miklós Prison, East-Slovakian Museum

Miklušova väznica
Miklós Prison, East-Slovakian Museum
Miklušova väznica
Original function:
prison/jail
Current function:
museum
Settlement:
Kassa, Košice 
Address:
Pri Miklušovej väznici 10, 040 01 Staré Mesto
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.722823, 21.259611
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History

It is part of the museum. The building can be accessed from the Rodosto House through a passage. It was created in the 17th century by joining two Gothic houses from the first half of the 15th century. It was the town's prison and torture chamber from the 17th century until 1909. The executioner also lived here. The building got its name after Miklós, the infamous executioner of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II. It was the prison of the town's gendarmerie from 1872 to 1909. Afterwards it became part of the Rákóczi Museum of Upper Hungary with an exhibition of town and guild history.

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