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The oldest coat of arms in Europe MUNICIPAL COAT OF ARMS

When King Louis the Great of Anjou issued the appearance of the jewel and covers. The city a document, awarding the city the privi- solved it itself, by means of their imagination lege to use its own coat of arms in the cas- and used a person of an angel, the shield-car- tle Diősgyőri on May 7, 1369, he did not rier. Only after 55 years the coat of arms was expect to create such a complicated heral- modified to reach this appearance officially, dic situation for his successors. The coat of by Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, who arms of Košice went through a very inter- issued a normal official document certifying esting development. When creating it, Lou- the coat of arms, in Bratislava on January 31, is used the royal and Anjou coats of arms. 1423. The angel holding the coat of arms shield He added the upper blue field with the three had beautiful red clothes, which were replaced golden lilies to the four horizontal silver cross- with light blue by King Ladislaus Posthumus KOVÁČSKA 39, KOŠICE bars in the red field. However, he did not solve thirty years later, on February 7, 1453. 3 KEY FACTS

Renaissance Urban’s Tower stands next to the The St. Elizabeth’s The city is rich in cathedral and Cathedral, the its history, how- St. Michael’s easternmost ever, it has much Chapel is on the Gothic cathedral to offer at present other side. in Europe, is its as well. Its geo- dominant. graphic location in the middle of the Košice Valley was suitable for settlement already in the paleolithic period, which is proved by an ar- cheological finding of a municipality in the present THE CITY OF KOŠICE town district Bar- Košice, the second largest city in Slovakia, is the ca. Later historical events in the given administration centre of the Košice region and the location confirm metropolis of Eastern Slovakia at the same time. the significance Visitor’s attention of Košice, where The city historical There are is drawn mostly by important trade monument reservation several the historic centre, in Košice is the largest museums roads of this part rich in architecton- of Europe inter- one in Slovakia, with and galleries ic and art monu- 556 protected cultural sected, which worth ments. It is monuments on its area provided the city´s visiting in represented by of over 85 hectares. Košice. prosperity. Košice well preserved and used to be a sig- perfectly developed nificant economic, type of town with East Slovak cultural and social a lenticular square. Gallery East Slovakian Museum centre of former Hungary, which in When walk- fact influenced its ing down Košice . development. the Hlavná The oldest Street every marathon in Europe visitor stops Since 1924. at the at- 97th running takes tractive place on Sunday building of 4 October 2020. the State Theatre and spends Behind the theatre a while re- there is a beauti- The city visitors willing to buy something laxing at ful Baroque-styled original shouldn’t miss the Street of the singing Immaculata statue, Potter’s (Hrnčiarska), known as the street fountain in reminding of the of handicraft, where artistic artifacts the nearby plague epidemic are sold in individual shops and historic park. which raged here in handicrafts are demonstrated. the 18th century. 4 5 SIGHTSEEING They built the circumferen- tial walls at first, then they Urban-Cafe St. Elizabeth‘s demolished the original church and built the roof of Slovak tradition with Cathedral the new one. The cathedral is dissymmetrical, because when the construction was a trendy touch. to be completed, there was not enough money to finish BEST the southern tower. A sun- ICE-CREAM dial from 1477 has been & DESSERTS preserved next to the south- shop in Urban-Cafe a typical Slovak sheep cheese called ern tower, above a Gothic Slovakia! located in a bryndza, also known as ”the white gold window. St.Elizabeth of small street of Slovakia”. Surprising refreshment is Hungary became the pa- Vrátna no. bryndza ice-cream and it is the only shop tron of the church, who 4 connected in Slovakia to offer it. lived in the 13th century directly to main street Hlavná and although she was noble, in centre of town was estab- In top season Urban-Cafe as the only she would help the poor. lished in 2009 and became a shop in Slovakia produces and offers We can find her statue with concept you can’t miss during more than 32 kinds of Ice-cream a spoon in her hand on the your visit in Kosice. between which are 8 to 10 unique and right hand side on the main very popular Belgian chocolate ice- and the most precious altar They are the specialists in self creams - white, milk and dark 55% but from 1474 - 1477. On the made ice-cream, cakes and more over there are chocolate ice-creams altar wings there are scenes bonbons by using only natural made from chocolate origins such as from her life. The altar can products of local origin and the Venezuela 43%, Vietnam 45%, Peru 54%, be shut twice. Closing it first time, next pictures ap- best Belgian chocolates. Equator 70%, Vietnam 73%, Uganda 80%. pear, showing scenes from Throughout four seasons you Salty caramel, cookies, banana or exotic the life of Jesus Christ. After can enjoy daily self-produced fruit ice-creams is a must in Urban-Cafe. closing the altar a second fresh cakes made from rich time, we can see the picture cream, fresh fruits and real As there is still a lot of forest and un- from a cycle about the Vir- quality Belgian chocolate. touched nature in Slovakia, bees have gin Mary. In total the altar You can find there the best plenty of flowers to produce the best contains 48 pictures paint- combinations of sweets and honey of Europe. That’s why their ed under the influence of salty, such as the bryndza chocolatier made a yummy praline the Dutch painting school. waffle - a Belgian waffle with filled with it. A 16-metre high pastofori- um on the left hand side of the altar is a Gothic stone jewel. There are several wall paintings from the 15th century in the cathedral and a bronze baptismal The construction of St.Elizabeth´s Cathedral font, apparently from the former church. The only lasted over hundred years (the end of the double Gothic spiral stair- 14th century – the start of the 16th century). case in Europe leads to the imperator balcony on the It is the easternmost cathedral in Western Gothic style and the right in the cathedral. Op- biggest church in Slovakia. There used to be one smaller church in posite there is a mausoleum “Urban-Cafe - definitely to put on the ,,to do list!” the place of the cathedral before. Because of the city´s expansion of the leader of the biggest and after the fire a new church construction was started, in a very anti-Habsburg uprising – Urban-Cafe Opening hours: interesting way. Francis Rákoczi II. Vrátna no. 4, Košice Mon-Fri: 9:30 - 19:00 6 (see map page 17) Sat-Sun: 10:00-19:00 SIGHTSEEING STARÁ SÝPKA Restaurant - Coffee Bar - Pub Summer Garden inside the restaurant St. Michael’s Chapel Hlavná Street

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K EAST ka uzmányho Floriáns Trebišov (50km) Michalovce (60km) a Floriánsk ý trh ho P Senn Palacké Žriedlov The House of Arts a ého Palack Jantár On the south side of the Cathedral of St. Eliza- building was used for requiems. Above the to the Sacristy the old- ov a beth you can find gothic St. Michael’s Chapel, entrance you can see sculpture of Archangel STEELest AREN heraldryA of Košice Stadiun Stará Sýpka devoted to the soul guide to the afterworld Michael weighing the souls of the dead. Inside P Neisrudova located. In the Chap- – Archangel Michael. Chapel, built in 1330, the Chapel there is St. Michael the patron of el’s walls you can a see ENVY a 500 m Klinika ov

Rázusov stays on the place of former cemetery. Lower the dead displayed on the altar fighting the 18Žižk gravestones from see map page250 17 m Tel.: +421 55 623 0133 Toryská Kukučínova building of the Chapel was initially used as a Satan-Dragon. You can also find a nice stone Cathedral and former +421 915 901 902 charnel house (for bone relics excavated dur- tabernacle, „ecce homo“ sculpture and relics of cemetery embedded. Kulturpark Fejova 1, Košice Kasárne a

Južná trieda Kukučínova Rázus ov ing cemetery digging for new graves). Upper medieval wall paintings there. Above the doors UniqueRízner in Slovakia! open: Mon - Thr 9:00 - 22:00, Fri 9:00 - 23:00 SOUTH ov Po Jantár SOUTH-WEST ov a Kechnec (20km) Sat 11:00žiarnick - 23:00, Sun 11:00 - 22:00 8 dova a á Airport (8km) Lichar Skladná Hungary USS Košice (15km) Skladná www.starasypka.sk SIGHTSEEING Calvinist Church University Hrnčiarska Street This Calvinist church as built on the place Church of former medieval city gate in fortifica- tions called Maľovaná (decorated). Its tower Hlavná Street is situated exactly instead of it. The church started to be built in 1805 and was con- secrated in 1811. At that time it was lacking Formerly Jesuitic and the tower which was built in two parts, in 1853 and in 1895 when the metal cock was today Premonstrate- placed there as a symbol used since the sian church was built 16th century when Calvinists owned the in 1681 in the place Cathedral in Košice. The neo–Romanesque of former royal house architecture of the church is very simple. where soldiers of Beth- len had tortured three Latin priests to death in September in 1619. The priests were later sainted as the martyrs of the city. Architecture of the Church repre- sents combination of Renaissance and Ba- roque style.

Dominican Church Franciscan Church In the Dominikánske Square Hlavná Street

Gothic church of Dominican Order was Gothic Franciscan Church was built during the built during the turning point of 13th turning point of 14th and 15th century. For certain and 14th century so it is one of the oldest period of time Church was abandoned and used as preserved buildings on the territory of imperial ammunition warehouse and for military Košice. In 1556 Church was destroyed church services. Founder of University in Košice - by fire and dilapidated. In 18th century it bishop Benedikt Kišdy - was buried here. In 18th was reconstructed in Baroque style with century Church was reconstructed in Baroque style interior decorated with illusive tablatures. with sculptures of Šimon Grimming installed on the Today, it is once again administered by façade. Today, building is used by nearby seminary Dominican Order. as seminary church. 10 11 SIGHTSEEING Established in 1951, the East Slovak Gallery was the fi rst regional gallery in Slovakia. East The mission of the Gallery is the protection and pre- sentation of the collection and documentation of the art scene and artistic life in the region of Eastern Slovakia. Slovak Today the Gallery houses over 7,000 works of art. Apart from a representative collection of nineteenth – and twentieth-century art from the region of Eastern Gallery Slovakia, the collection also provides an overview of modern and contemporary Slovak art. In addition to its extensive exhibition activities the Gallery also focuses on research and exploration of art scene in Eastern Slo- vakia, and especially of Košice modernism, the phenom- enon associated with the 1920s characterised by the unusual development of modern art. Orthodox Synagogue Puškinova Street Jews could move to Košice not earlier than Moorish style under supervision of architect Opening hours: Tue—Sun / 10.00—18.00 1840 but the number of them increased Ľudovít Oelschlager. Later due to holocaust Hlavná 27, Košice rapidly and in the era of the first republic many of Jews from Košice died and that is why www.vsg.sk of Czechoslovakia the every fifth inhabitant the synagogue stayed empty and minimally of Košice was Jew. Orthodox Jews built the used for a long time after war. This situation synagogue in 1927 on Puškinova Street in has been changed in present.

In its vast premises, the Gallery presents a wide range of Slovak and international art. The accompa- nying activities such as guided tours, children’s work- shops or lectures offer great possibilities of spending leisure time directly at the gallery premises.

Since 1992 the Gallery has a seat in the building of the for- mer County House. The building in a Baroque and Classicist style, designed by a Vienna-based builder, J. Langer, was completed in 1779. In the period of 1888-1889 the building underwent several alterations: the front part of the house was adjusted, courtly wings were added and the rear wing was modifi ed. On the facade one can see the coat of arms of the Abaúj-Torna County of 1558. Neolog Synagogue Upstairs, there is the assembly hall, the so-called historic Moyzesova Street hall, with illusive arcades showing the coat of arms of former Abaúj-Torna County as well as some of its towns and villages. The first synagogue of Jewish Košice originated in 1886 and It was here that the fi rst cabinet meeting of the National Front was named Status Quo. Orthodox Jews did not like it because of Czechs and Slovaks was held on April 5, 1945, which pro- it seemed to be too neo – gothic and therefore built next to it claimed the Košice government programme. out of spite their own synagogue. Both these buildings were The Gallery’s second building is located in the city centre, near Old Jewish Sinagogue replaced in 1927 by one big neolog synagogue designed in the St Elisabeth’s Cathedral on Alžbetina Street. In the late Zvonárska Street oriental style by Ľudovít Kozma. After the WWII was this 19th century, the Baroque building of the early 18th century building modified in the style of socialist realism into the was rebuilt in the manner of pseudo-historical style based on present House of Arts (Dom umenia). a design of academic painter J. Bencur.

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T ieda SNP hur Tr Lö’erova Svätoplukov zova Branisk Angels Arena CENTRE OF KOŠICE ova P a Hlavná LEGEND OF MAP a Rumanova 1. Dóm sv. Alžbety Rumanov St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral Rákocziho hrobka Kapitána Nálepku Kunsthalle uzmányho Rákóczi’s Tomb K P 2. KaplnkaOndavsk sv. Michala St. Michael’sá Chapel 6 Cognac Embassy 3. Urbanova veža Jazz Club Café Urban’s Tower CITY PARK 4. Štátne divadlo The State Theatre 5 5. Dolná brána Lower Gate TRAIN Station 6. Palác grófa Forgáča GENERAL The Palace K POST uzmányho Regional P of Count Forgacs OFFICE P Information Point i 7. Arcibiskupský palác á i BUS The Palace of Archbishop P Station 4 ojensk 8. Východoslovenská galéria V East Slovak Gallery Dr. Kostlivého Golem 3 i 9. Kostol dominikánov Ondavsk Brewery The Church á of Dominican Order 10. Jakabov palác 2 The Jakab’s Palace

11. Stará radnica K EAST ka uzmányho Old Town Hall Floriáns Trebišov (50km) Michalovce (60km) 12. Univerzitný kostol Urban-Cafe sv. Trojice a Floriánsk ý trh ho University Church P Senn Palacké of the Holy Trinity Žriedlov The House Olympic Casino 13. Immaculata of Arts The Immaculata a 14. Miklušova väznica ého Palack Jantár The Mikluš Prison ov 15. Katova bašta a Rodosto a The Executioner’s Bastion STEEL ARENA & Rodosto Stará Sýpka 16. Kostol františkánov The Franciscan Church P Nerudova a 17. Palác grófa Csákyho a 500 m The Palace of Count Csáky ov

Rázusov 18. Ulička remesiel Žižk 250 m Craftsman’s Row Toryská Kukučínova 19. Slovenské technické múzeum Slovak Technical Museum Kulturpark

20. Východoslovenské múzeum Kasárne Južná trieda a Kukučínova Rázus ov East Slovakian Museum Rízner 1500 m Roca 21. Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera ov Hotel 1 Po Jantár ov a žiarnick Vojtech Löffler Museum SOUTH-WEST á dova a Skladná 22. Dom umenia Airport (8km) Lichar SOUTH The House of Arts USS Košice (15km) Skladná Hungary 17 SIGHTSEEING

The State Theatre of Košice The history of stage-craft in Košice has had tradition longer than 600 years. The present State Theatre was built more than 100 years ago and it took just two years to build it.

Adolf Lang – one of the most in the style of eclecticism with Juliet, King Lear and talented European architects elements of Neo-baroque style and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. of 19th century, who projected secession. The interior is richly The reconstruction of the some buildings in Budapest decorated with plaster ornaments, building was needed in the and taught at universities in the stage is lyre-shaped. The ceiling 90’s and after that the theatre Vienna, Romania and Holland of the building is decorated with was included among the most as well-became entrusted with scenes from William Shakespeare’s beautiful theatre buildings the construction. It is built tragedies Othello, Romeo and in Europe.

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It was in the summer of 1924 the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. artistic symbol: a 3.5-metre high, and completed it here as well with his that Vojtech Braun Bukovský, Košice It must be stressed that the perfor- bronze statue of a marathon runner, start in 1985. Košice Marathon sports enthusiast, organizer and mances achieved in Košice always on the plinth below which everyone The year 1989 brought great journalist in one person, went to see had the hallmark of credibility, be- could admire the names of the win- changes in more than one sense. The oldest marathon in Europe the Olympic Games in Paris. The cause since 1924 the course has been ners. Just a year later the name of Less than two months before the Since 1924 enthusiasm he returned home with remeasured every year exactly in ac- one of the greatest was added there. Velvet Revolution, it looked like the was channelled into his decision cordance with the rules to ensure it He came, he saw, he conquered. We Marathon itself was anticipating the to organize a marathon race, as it conforms with the now generally-ac- are referring to , Olym- changes in society. The traditional was this particular discipline which knowledged 42.195 kilometres. This pic champion in Rome and later in course going out to Seňa and back, Stories from Nine Decades thrilled him the most in Paris. And has not always been as self-evident Tokio as well. The population of the which had awaited the runners from so it happened that just a few weeks as it might seem, when even as late city at that time was no more than 80 1926 onwards, was replaced with Today the Košice Marathon is a colourful later, on 28th October, the day of the as 1956 for example the Boston Mar- 000, but nearly 30 000 people were a city circuit. 6th anniversary of the establishment athon was run over a course of only crammed into the stadium to see the festival of sport and fun, attracting roughly of Czechoslovakia, eight brave pio- 40.6 km. finish, and several thousands more 10 000 participants from all over the world. neers lined up for the start below the Not even the torments of war plentifully lined the course too. ruins of Turňa Castle and then set off could stop the Marathon, and its The next few were text by Braňo Koniar in the direction of Košice, towards continuity was preserved. The early graced with other fine-sounding Race Director a then still unsuspected adventure. snowfall in 1946 was a kind of pre- names: world record-holder, Ameri- monition that the era of the North- can Leonard Edelen won in 1963, and erners was beginning. In the ten years brilliant runners from Great Britain following that snowfall, runners from and the Commonwealth took turns Norway, Sweden and Finland won lining up at the start, such as Bill Ad- a total of eight times, with the Swede cocks, John Farrington, Derek Clay- Thomas Nilsson finally setting a new ton, and . course record of 2h22m06s in 1956. To run in Košice meant meet- During that period the Košice ing a quite demanding qualification Marathon had a superb reputation in time limit. This became history in Scandinavia. “May Boston forgive us, 1980, when the Košice marathon was but the greatest marathon contests opened to women as well. For many in the world are being played out in years the women’s event was ruled 28th October, 1924, 1st Košice Marathon Košice,” wrote the daily Göteborg by the German Christa Vahlensieck. The first winner, local runner Posten. And the leader of the Swedish Karol Halla, tried defending his first team announced: “If I could, I would place another nine times altogeth- declare the Košice Marathon the offi- er, but the growing competition was cial championships of Europe – it is against this. The very second edition unofficially so today in any case.” already had an international line- A great shift in the course re- up, and the winners laurels from the cord was achieved in 1959 by the Rus- third were carried of to Germany sian Sergej Popov, who not only won around the neck of Paul Hempel. He in Košice with a time of 2h17m45s, was sent here by the Charlottenburg but also climbed by the end of that Sports Club, which still exists to this year to first place in the world mar- day and stands, as it has always stood, athon rankings. And in one more behind the Berlin Marathon. parameter Košice was number one in The Marathon quickly made it- the world, namely in the number of Christa Vahlensieck self at home in Eastern Slovakia, and participants. It may seem laughable Back in 1977she had set the started getting a response from the in terms of today’s marathon mass world record of 2h34m48s in Berlin, rest of the world as well. One per- starts, but in 1946 and 1947 Košice and in Košice between 1981 and 1988 sistently memorable year was 1931, had the most runners finishing the she won five times altogether. Her when the 20-year-old Argentinian race in comparison with the rest of countryman, double Olympic winner new boy Juan Carlos Zabala shocked the world: 74 in both years. Nowhere , tried repeated- everyone with his course record of in the world could outdo Košice in ly for victory in Košice, but none of 2h33m19s. Many doubting voices this regard in 1951 either, when there his five starts here brought him that were raised, but they were all silenced were 69 finishers. honour. He started his marathon ca- Abebe BIKILA, ETH a year later by Zabala’s victory at In 1960 Košice acquired its own reer with his debut in Košice in 1974, Olympic champion Košice Marathon 1961 continue on page 22 20 21 SPORTS If you ask the runners what they see as exceptional in the Košice Marathon, their answers often match. The unusual atmo- sphere, streets full of runners and spectators, and positive energy THE FIRST BREWERY IN KOŠICE which everyone recharges them- selves with mutually. This is an Beer brewery image which reflects 90 years of - since 2002 - existence of the marathon phe- nomenon in this city. The people understand this marathon, live with it, and are rightly proud of it.

This attracted the attention of have noticed that these marathons This Marathon is attractive not the whole world in 1997, when the both have two common winners. only due to its tradition and precise IAAF World Half-marathon Cham- They are the Swede Karl Leander- organization, and the olden-day pionships were held in Košice. Re- son (Boston 1949, Košice 1948 and charm of the city, but also for the cords were broken, with three men 1950) and the Belgian Aurel Vand- fast course it offers. This has not finishing with times under 60 min- enriessche (Boston 1963 and 1964, changed essentially since the World utes. The race was controlled by Ken- Košice 1965). Championships in 1997, and it has ya, and the titles were taken by Shem Today the Košice Marathon kept its epithets: flat and fast. This is Kororia and Tegla Loroupe. A short is a colourful festival of sport and witnessed by the many personal best time later the organizers were faced with another challenge, which was to start off the Marathon that same afternoon. They succeeded with that as well.

Famous location fun, attracting roughly 10 000 par- records which the runners in Košice ticipants from all over the world. improve on every year, but also by Pleasant sitting All those running around the ex- the two course records. The men’s is tensive historical centre of this city, based on a time of 2h07m01s, while Czech cuisine Just two years later Košice the first in Europe to acquire its the women have the time to beat of gained another honour. The city host- own coat of arms from King Louis 2h27m47s. ed the 12th AIMS World Congress, the Great in 1369, must surely ad- getting the chance to present its rich mire the Gothic St.Elizabeth’s Ca- marathon history and organization- thedral from the 14th century and al abilities once again. At that time, a great many other architectural but many times later as well, it was gems in this metropolis. It was Lawrence Kimwetich declared that Košice is the place con- also thanks to this heritage and its KIMAIYO, KEN tinually organizing the oldest mara- programme of creative transfor- 2h 07m 01s thon in Europe. The only place with mation that Košice gained the title a greater tradition in the world is Bos- of European Capital of Culture for Košice Marathon ton. Attentive statisticians will surely the year 2013. The Course Record Holder Dominikánske nám. 15, Košice from 2012 PIVOVAR +421 (0)55 72 89 102 PIVOVAR GOLEM GOLEM 22 www.pivovargolem.sk KOSICE WHAT’S ON the guide to top events FALL 2020 WHAT’S ON the guide to top events FALL 2020 URBAN

17 September 19:00 30 September 18:00 6 October 19:00 22 October 19:00 30 October 19:00 APARTMENT NABUCCO, opera KVARTETO MARTINŮ JÁNOŠÍK, ballet OPENING CONCERT OF THE OTELLO, opera RADNICA Giuseppe Verdi & KAREL KOŠÁREK Ondrej Šoth, Zuzana Mistríková SEASON PODPROCKÝ • Giuseppe Verdi Komorná tvorba Antonína Dvořáka The State Theatre Košice DVOŘÁK • BEETHOVEN Lubomír HAVLÁK, violin | Zbyněk Historical building Luxury and fully equipped PAĎOUREK, viola | Jitka VLAŠÁNKOVÁ, 7 October 19:00 violoncello | Karel KOŠÁREK, piano appartment for short & long stay East Slovak gallery, Hlavná Street 27 DON GIOVANNI, opera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in centrum Košice. 1 October 19:00 MYSLIVEČEK - BRITTEN - SCHUBERT ŠfK | Zbyněk MÜLLER, conductor Jiří VODIČKA, violin The State Theatre Košice The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Historical building The State Theatre Košice Historical building 23 October 19:00 4 November 19:00 RUDOLF NUREJEV, ballet SAMSON AND DELILAH, opera 17 September 19:00 Ondrej Šoth, 1st premiére Camille Saint-Saëns STRAUSS - ELGAR - HAYDN The State Theatre Košice Biographical story of an artist who changed the ŠfK | Zbyněk MÜLLER, conductor Historical building world of dance. It is a story of non-freedom. The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 8 October 19:00 The State Theatre Košice Historical building 1 October 19:00 ŠfK STRINGS 24 October 19:00 SWAN LAKE, ballet Larsson – Hindemith – Suk – Grieg – Barber RUDOLF NUREJEV, ballet Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky nd ŠfK Strings Ondrej Šoth, 2 premiére Maroš POTOKÁR, artistic direction Biographical story of an artist who changed the The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 world of dance. It is a story of non-freedom. The State Theatre Košice ŠfK | Zbyněk MÜLLER, conductor 15 October 19:00 Historical building The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 ŠfK WINDS 28 October 18:00 The State Theatre Košice Historical building 20 September 16:00 Bozza – Mozart – Françaix – Galakoncert pri príležitosti osláv Ravel – Hummel – Hazell 90. výročia budovy Slovenského 6 November 19:00 THE WIZZARD OF OZ, ballet Slovak State Philharmonic Kosice Giorgio Madia rozhlasu v Košiciach SWAN LAKE, ballet During a great storm, a tornado takes Dorothy to a foreign land. She wants to go home, so she asks the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wizard Oz for help. On her way, she experiences various things and makes many friends. The State Theatre Košice The State Theatre Košice Historical building Historical building 2 October 19:00 21 September 11:00, 19:00 LA TRAVIATA, opera THE WIZZARD OF OZ, ballet Giuseppe Verdi Giorgio Madia The immortal story of love based on the romantic The State Theatre Košice novel by Alexander Dumas Jr. The Lady of the The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Symfonický orchester Slovenského Camellias returns to the stage of the State Theatre Historical building Košice for the fifth time, this time under the rozhlasu | Ondrej LENÁRD, conductor 17 October 19:00 Ján BOGDAN, violoncello 24 September 19:00 leadership of the international implementation team. The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 The State Theatre Košice FIDELIO, opera Historical building BACH VS. REGER IN D The State Theatre Košice Ludwig van Beethoven Historical building 28 October 19:00 Štefan IĽAŠ, organ sólo The only opera by L. van Beethoven. The story of 7 November 19:00 The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Leonora who, disguised as a prison guard Fidelio, 4 October 9:00 NABUCCO, opera LA TRAVIATA, opera rescues her husband, political prisoner Florestan Giuseppe Verdi 29 September 19:00 97th KOŠICE MARATHON from death in a political prison. Giuseppe Verdi The State Theatre Košice The most played opera by Verdi returns after five WEST SIDE STORY, musical years. A new production, directed by the legend The State Theatre Košice Historical building of the Czech opera direction, Václav Věžník, Historical building whose view of Verdi’s operas is also known to the 19 October 18:00 significant European opera houses. 11 November 19:00 LENKA FILIPOVÁ, concert The State Theatre Košice FIDELIO, opera Historical building Ludwig van Beethoven 29 October 19:00 The State Theatre Košice RUDOLF NUREJEV, ballet Historical building Grand Theater Košice The State Theatre Košice Jumbo Centrum, Masarykova Street 2 Historical building Info & reservation: Start at Hotel Hilton, Hlavná street Historická radnica Košice, Hlavná St. 59 +421 902 208 789 [email protected] 24 Šfk - Slovak State Philharmonic Košice Photos of The State Theatre Košice by Joseph Marčinský and Anton Faraonov WHAT’S ON the guide to top events FALL 2020

12 November 19:00 26 November 19:00 13 December 15:00 BEETHOVEN Slovak State Philharmonic Košice Concert for families: ŠfK | Zbyněk MÜLLER, conductor on the ART & TECH DAYS CHRISTMAS IN THE MOVIE Slovak Philharmonic Choir Schoenberg – Ligeti – Ives – Jozef CHABROŇ, choirmaster Lenka MAČÍKOVÁ, soprano Lejava – Haas – Thorvaldsdóttir Alena KROPÁČKOVÁ, mezzo-soprano ŠfK | Marián LEJAVA, conductor Jaroslav BŘEZINA, tenor Boris VITÁZEK, projection Peter MIKULÁŠ, bass Part of the ARS NOVA festival Kunsthalle - Rumanova 1, Košice ŠfK | Gabriel ROVŇÁK, conductor 1 December 19:00 Tatiana HAJZUŠOVÁ, soprano Martin GYIMESI, tenor PIANO RECITAL The State Theatre children´s studio PETER BREINER Lukáš KOZUBÍK, choirmaster The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 14 December 11:00, 19:00 THE WIZZARD OF OZ, ballet Giorgio Madia The State Theatre Košice Historical building 15 December 19:00 Concert for the 75th anniversary of the end OTELLO, opera of World war II. The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Giuseppe Verdi 3 December 19:00 The State Theatre Košice 12 November 19:00 MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY • Historical building • THE HOMELAND, ballet BRUCH BERLIOZ 16 December 19:00 Ondrej Šoth, Zuzana Mistríková ŠfK | Zbyněk MÜLLER, conductor CHRISTMAS IN THE MOVIE The State Theatre Košice Marek ZWIEBEL, violin Historical building Peter ZWIEBEL, viola The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 15 November 19:00 4 December 11:00, 19:00 QUASARS ENSEMBLE Spectral music THE NUTCRACKER, ballet The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Classical ballet fairy-tale about prince Nutcracker 19 November 19:00 and kind Clare develops children´s imagination and at the same time it helps adults with their HAYDN • MOZART search for real happiness and justice. ŠfK | Leoš SVÁROVSKÝ, conductor The State Theatre Košice Collegium Technicum Choir ŠfK | Gabriel ROVŇÁK, conductor

Historical building Photos of The State Theatre Košice by Joseph Marčinský and Anton Faraonov Tatiana ŠVAJKOVÁ, choirmaster Tatiana HAJZUŠOVÁ, soprano | Martin GYIMESI, tenor Michaela VÁRADY, soprano The State Theatre children´s studio 5 December 19:00 Lukáš KOZUBÍK, choirmaster Myroslava HAVRYLIUK, mezzo-soprano Maksym KUTSENKO, tenor THE NUTCRACKER, ballet The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Michal ONUFER, bass Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 16 December 19:00 The State Theatre Košice THE HOMELAND, ballet Historical building Ondrej Šoth, Zuzana Mistríková 9 December 19:00 CARMEN, ballet G. Bizet, R. Shchedrin, D. Forest A tragic story of love, two men and one unbridled woman, strong emotions in the Spanish environment. The State Theatre Košice Part of the Festival of Sacred Art St. Elisabeth Cathedral, Hlavná street Historical building 10 December 19:00 20 November 19:00 HAMLET, ballet SIBELIUS • MOZART • William Shakespeare, Ondrej STENHAMMAR ŠfK | YuAn CHANG, conductor Šoth, Zuzana Mistríková Marián LAPŠANSKÝ, piano The State Theatre Košice The House of Arts, Moyzesova 66 Historical building The State Theatre Košice Historical building

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The dispute between the two coun- regions in Slovakia. It comprises TOKAJ WINES The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern tries over the right of Slovakia to use 7 towns in the Trebišov district: The quality and exceptionality of Slovakia form one of the largest cas- the name Tokaj that started in 1958 Bara, Čerhov, Černochov, Malá Tokaj wines is due to the natural for its wines was resolved in 2004. Tŕňa, Slovenské Nové Mesto, Veľká and climatic conditions as well tle sites in Central Europe. The castle Regional They came to an agreement in June Tŕňa and Viničky. Only 65km from as the varieties grown, which are is situated above the town of Spišské 2004 under which wine produced Košice. capable of noble ripening and Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in Information on 565 hectares of land in Slovakia The history of the Tokaj region the formation of cibeba (a grape the region known as Spiš. would be able to use the Tokaj label, reaches back to the 3rd and the which has dried on the vine Point providing that common regula- 4th century AD. Hungarian King almost to raisin consistency and This imposing fortification stands 634 metres (2080ft) tions are applied. The basis of the Belo IV arranged a revival of the is usually covered with a type of above sea level on cliffs dominating the Spiš region and Hlavná 48 | Košicece agreement was that both countries Tokaj vineyards after they had been fungus), the special processing was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage will consider both wine regions as destroyed by Tartar raids. technology and the unique form Sites. The castle was one of those few, which resisted www.kosiceregion.comn.coomm one single region again. In effect, The royal towns of former Upper of storage and long-term aging. the Tartar invasion (1241). Spiš Castle was built in this should reintegrate the two wine Hungary – Prešov, Bardejov, Levoča, Three basic varieties comprise the the 12th century on the site of an earlier castle. It was maps, information brochuresures regions, but will require a substan- Košice and Kežmarok – contributed character of Tokaj wines: Furmint, the political, administrative, economic and cultural WiFi zone tial adjustment to the current Slovak to the growth of viticulture in the Lipovina and yellow Muscatel. centre of Szepes County of Hungary. Before 1464, it wine region. With the accession of Slovak part of the Tokaj region in souvenirs from the region During the course of a long and was owned by the kings of Hungary, afterwards (until both Hungary and Slovakia to the the 17th and 18th century, where warm autumn, these varieties use 1528) by the Szapolyai family, the Thurzo family (1531- Košice region for children European Union, the Tokaj name they owned and leased vineyards. the help of the fungus Botrytis 1635), the Csáky family (1638-1945), and (since 1945) (including other forms of spelling) At that time, Polish Tokaj wine was cinerea to create the cibeba-rai- by the state (Czechoslovakia, and since 1993 Slovakia). is being given the Protected Desig- much a sought-after article. sin. At present, the Slovak Tokaj Originally a Romanesque stone castle with for- nation of Origin status. The authenticity of Tokaj wine was vineyard area produces variety tifcations, a two-story Romanesque palace and Experiences In future,(since 2007), only author- indicated by the designation “samo- of wines – Furmint, Lipovina a three nave Romanesque-Gothic basilica, were ised wine producers from either rodný” (wine from selected grapes). and yellow Muscatel; dry wines constructed by the second half of the 13th century. that inspire the Hungarian or the Slovak Tokaj Tokaj wine achieved its greatest – Omšové (altar wine), Tokajské Best Weekend Getaways A second extramural settlement was built in the region will be able to use the Tokaj. fame and admiration at the French samorodné suché; and sweet to 18 incredible UNESCO World 14th century, by which the castle area was dou- The Tokaj wine region, with 998 royal court under the rule of Louis wines – Tokajské samorodné Heritage Sites of Eastern bled. The castle was completely rebuilt in the 15th ha, is the smallest of the six wine XIV. 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