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former Jesuit Monastery, Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology

Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva
former Jesuit Monastery, Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology
Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva
Original function:
monastery / nunnery / canon's house / provost residence
school
Current function:
museum
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Školská 4, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš
Historical Hungarian county:
Liptó
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.082345, 19.616991
Google map:

History

The land was granted to the Jesuits by Empress Maria Theresia in 1750 in order to build a monastery and a school. After Pope Clement XIV dissolved the Jesuit Order in 1773, the monastery was taken over by the Franciscans in 1777. In 1787 Emperor Joseph Il banned the Franciscan Order and the monastery became abandoned.

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