Levoca

About Spis city Levoča are saying, that it is “the most sparkly stone on the Spis crown”. In Levoča is placed the highest gothic altar on the world and many other interesting monuments, which are surrounded by preserved city walls.

The main square is large and in shape of rectangle. On main square is placed cathlolic church of St. Jacob from 14th century, which belongs to the most important sacral buildings on Slovakia.

Long, thin tower of this church from 19th century is making the siluette of this city.

Very valuable on this church is mainly it’s interior, which is unique museum of medieval sacral art. Late-gothic wooden main altar os St. Jacob is with his height 18,6 m the highest of it’s kind in the world. This altar was made of linden wood  in 1507 / 1517 in the workshop of Master Pavel from Levoca. He gave his own image to one of the eight apostole in this beautiful composition of The Last Supper.

Next to this church is building of former City Hall with arcade built after fire in 1550. It belongs to top buildings of renessance architecture in Slovakia.

On main square stands “Cage of shame” from 16th century, which was in the past used as public humilitation. In the center of main square is 50 unique bourgeois and patrician houses. They are named after their owners. On first sight will catch your eye renessance “Thurzov house” on which was made new-renessance sgraffito fasade in 1904.

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