Juraj Dziak and Roman Mikita 2.B

 General information  Culture  St. James Church

GENERAL information  North eastern Slovakia  Country:Slovakia  Districts:13  Seat:Prešov  Area:8,974.5 km 2  Population:807,011 ( )  Density:90/km 2 Prešov region

Culture  Generally  Historic buildings and memorials  Famous persons  Wooden churches

Generally  influenced by religion  more than 40 wooden churches  a lot of historic manors, castles, museums, theaters, memorials  7 UNESCO cultural monuments  For examples: Bardejov - town monument reserves Kežmarok - wooden churches Spiš’s chapter - town monument reserves

Historic buildings and memorials  architecture: Baroque, Rococo and Gothic architecture in the suburbs of the cities: soviet influence - apartment buildings  Prešov region has plenty of historic buildings or monuments.  For example: St. James Church and old town hall in Levoča The main square in Bardejov Open air museum in Bardejov St. Martin’s Cathedral in Spiš’s chapter Caraff’s prison in Prešov Dukla Pass memorial (2. World war)  Castles: The Ľubovňa castle, Castle of Kežmarok,  Manors: The manor house Humenné, The manor house Strážky

Famous persons  Prešov region has a lot of very famous persons. Andy Warhol well known painter in the world Master Paul of Levoča - medieval carver and sculptor Jonáš Záborský-writer.

Wooden churches  North of Prešov region  roman catholic, greek catholic and evangelical churches  the gothic pictures and wall paintings  the oldest church: Hervart’s church (Bardejov)

St. James Church  original church – about 1280  Current church – third 14th century  5 altars: The main altar Altar of St. John Altar of St. Anna Altar of St. Nicholas Altar of the Nativity

The main altar – the altar of St. James  by:Master Paul of Levoča  creation: /18  height:18,62m  statuary: the Virgin Mary St. James St. John the Evangelist more statues

 Paintings:  by:Master Hans ... : The Last Supper 8 paintings - the crucifixion of Jesus