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St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church

Konkatedrála svätého Mikuláša
St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church
Konkatedrála svätého Mikuláša
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Eperjes, Prešov 
Address:
Hlavná, 080 01 Prešov
Historical Hungarian county:
Sáros
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.997964, 21.239717
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History

The church was built from 1330 to 1515. Flemish settlers started the construction, who dedicated it to the guardian of their homeland, St. Nicholas. In 1391 King Sigismund of Hungary ordered the large-scale expansion of the church. A presbytery was added and it was rebuilt into a three-nave church.

The church was reconstructed in Baroque style in 1696. Its Baroque winged altar was also made in 1696. The pieces of the earlier Gothic altar from 1490 were incorporated into the new one. The western tower was built around 1750, and it gained its present form in a reconstruction in 1903 according to the plans of the Hungarian architect Schulek Frigyes.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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