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Kde je... ? #2

Posted by Margarete on 22 May 2008

Now, here’s a historic building. It’s Slovakia’s biggest church and totally one of a kind. Where is it?

7 Comments on “Kde je... ? #2”

  1. Captain Oddsocks said:
    That's certainly an impressive church. If I had to guess Slovakia's biggest church without seeing a pic, I'd have gone for Levoča, but obviously I'd have been wrong ;-)
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 AM
  2. 2easy said:
    St. Elizabeth's domus, KE
    May 22nd, 2008 at 05:56 PM
  3. zuzf said:
    Dom sv. Alzbety, Kosice?
    May 22nd, 2008 at 05:57 PM
  4. Margarete said:
    Yep, that's right. It's in Košice. The only thing confusing may be the name. The English translation is St. Elizabeth's Cathedral. In Slovak, that's Dom sv. Alžbety. "Sv." is the abbreviation of svätý, meaning saint, and Alžbeta is obviously (or not so obviously) Elizabeth. St. Elizabeth's Cathedral is also called "Dom". A dom is a term that means this cathedral is designated as the seat of a bishop. A dom can be a cathedral, but all cathedrals are not all doms. This word probably takes its root from Latin (Dominus - Lord), but it's often seen it in German and has the meaning as I described, and Slovak too of course.
    May 22nd, 2008 at 07:05 PM
  5. marcel said:
    The building in front is St Michael chapel and the Cathedral is behind it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael_Chapel
    September 15th, 2008 at 03:38 PM
  6. Bob said:
    I've only been to Kosice once and it was dark (!)but one of those distinctive spires is very familiar from lots of postcards
    December 30th, 2008 at 03:16 PM
  7. Andre Ducai said:
    It is a most beautiful building in Slovakia. For a small amount they can take you to the tower via a very narrow and turning staircase, and you can see the bells ,clock, and on the top the whole historic centre of Kosice.
    May 16th, 2009 at 06:11 AM

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