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St. Joseph Franciscan Church and Monastery

Kostol svätého Jozefa
St. Joseph Franciscan Church and Monastery
Kostol svätého Jozefa
Original function:
church and monastery
school
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Léva, Levice
Address:
Sv. Michala 43, 934 05 Levice
Historical Hungarian county:
Bars
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.220435, 18.603234
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History

In 1675 Franciscan monks settled down in Léva and built a monastery. They built a church next to the monastery in 1720. In 1786 the Franciscans had to leave Léva because of the decree of Emperor Joseph II. The Piarist grammar school was opened in the monastery in 1815 at the initiative of Bossányi Krisztina. The new building of the grammar school was completed in 1886. The Hungarian poet Juhász Gyula also taught in the school. After the Czechoslovak invasion, it became a Czechoslovak grammar school and the Hungarian-language education became limited in the Hungarian town. Now a Slovak commercial school occupies the building.

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