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House of the Captains-in-Chief, Museum of Technology

Slovenské technické múzeum
House of the Captains-in-Chief, Museum of Technology
Slovenské technické múzeum
Original function:
military headquarters / administration
barracks
Current function:
museum
Address:
Hlavná 88
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.724159, 21.255947
Google map:

History

The building was gradually created from four separate Gothic burgher's houses. It gained its final Baroque form in the 18th century. It was the seat of the Captain-in-Chief of Upper-Hungary. It was turned into a barracks in 1870.

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