Bardejów - Bardejów

Bardejov - a county town in the north-east Slovakia, in Prešov region, in the historical region of Šariš.

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Drive

By plane

By rail

There is a train station here.

By car

Bardejów is an important road junction.

By bus

Communication

Worth seeing

• St. Idzi - entrance to the tower, from where a nice view of the city
• Old town - urban layout and buildings
• Bardejovske kupele - stylish spa
• Open-air museum

Nearest neighborhood

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Historical monuments

IN 2000 the Old Town of Bardejov with the so-called the Jewish suburbium was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List as the fourth architectural complex in Slovakia.

• St. Giles (words. house of sv. Aegidia) - the most valuable monument in the city. Erected in the 14th century, expanded in the mid-15th century, later renovated many times. Its tower overlooks the historic center and the surrounding area. Inside, eleven late gothic wing altars from 1460-1520 have been preserved, standing in their original locations, which is a phenomenon on a European scale. Currently in rank minor basilica.
• St. John the Baptist with the Franciscan monastery from the 15th century. Originally gothic, in the 17th century rebuilt in the late Renaissance style. It gained its present form in 1878.
• Evangelical Church of St. st. Cyril and Methodius - built in the years 1798-1808 in the northern part of the former moats, classicist.
• Greek Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul from 1901-1902, eclectic. Built on the site of the former moat at the southern defensive wall.
• Old synagogue Jewish, originally a Gothic building, rebuilt several times.
• Calvary from 1863-1869 - a magnificent complex with chapels of the Cross and the Church of St. Cross, built on the eastern side of the from the town according to the design of the Bardejov resident, V. Myškovski.
• Town hall from years 1505-1511, in a lump late gothic, however, with many architectural elements and details already characteristic of Renaissance architecture. Considered to be the oldest Renaissance monument in Slovakia; at present it houses the Museum of Shariya and the Museum of the History of Bardejov.
• Complex of residential buildings in the Market Square (Slovak Radničné námestie) and adjacent streets - originally Gothic houses, mostly rebuilt in the Renaissance style.
• Defensive walls from the 14th-16th century with three (originally) gates, towers and barbican, considered to be the best-preserved municipal defense complex in Slovakia.
• Jewish suburbium - a unique complex of buildings of the Jewish community from the 18th century: a synagogue, a school, a bathhouse, a slaughterhouse, a building of the community authorities and a cemetery.
• Salt warehouse - a Gothic-Renaissance building in the vicinity (to the north) of the West Gate, was built along the arch of the defensive wall. It was mentioned for the first time (as the property of the city) in 1489. It was used to store salt delivered to the so-called The "salt road" from the Polish salinas in Bochnia and Wieliczkawhich was then shipped to other Hungarian cities.
• The fountain in the Market Square, located in the place of the former reservoir (cistern), to which water was fed by gravity through wooden pipes (gravity water supply functioned from the beginning of the 15th to the middle of the 20th century).
• St. Florian, commemorating the great fire of the city with 1774 r.
• Well, the so-called "Market", from the beginning of the 18th century. Originally 23 m deep.

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