Old Town Hall, Museum of Szepes
Radnica
Old Town Hall, Museum of Szepes
Radnica
Original function:
town hall
Address:
Námestie Majstra Pavla 2/2, 054 01 Levoča
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
GPS coordinates:
49.025819, 20.588656
History
On the door of the upstairs Gothic great hall you can see the "white woman of Lőcse", Korponayné Géczy Julianna, who became known from the novel of Jókai Mór. The pictures of Habsburg rulers and former mayors of Lőcse are hanging on the walls of the Renaissance council chamber. The frescos from the 17th century on the facade of the building illustrate the five pagan virtues: temperance, prudence, courage, patience and justice.
The building was built in the 15th century in Gothic style. It burned down in 1550. It was reconstructed to its current form with the arcades in 1615. The bell tower was built between 1656 and 1661. The building gained its final form in a reconstruction between 1893 and 1895 according to the plans of the Hungarian architect Schulek Frigyes. The ornate top floor protruding from the roof was built at that time.
The building hosted the town council until 1955. Today it is used by the Museum of Szepes, which has a historical exhibition in it.
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