St. Nicholas Concathedral is one of the biggest churches in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. It's the main Roman Catholic church of the city of Prešov

Prešov

Prešov Historically, the city has been known in German as Eperies , Eperjes in Hungarian, Fragopolis in Latin, Preszów in Polish, Peryeshis in Romany, Пряшев in Russian and Пряшів in Rusyn and Ukrainian.-Characteristics:The city is a showcase of Baroque, Rococo and Gothic...

. The church is 55m long, 34.5m wide and 71m high (the tower). It was built in the middle of the 14th century and expanded in the early 16th century. The church burned down several times. The last restoration works were performed in the years 1982-1989. The concathedral is built in Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 style. A parish church until 2008, it was elevated to cathedral in that year. The title "concathedral" refers to the fact that it is the second cathedral in the Archdiocese of Košice

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,118,000 people, of which around...

, after St. Elisabeth Cathedral

St. Elisabeth Cathedral

The St. Elisabeth Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in Košice...

 in Košice

Košice

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

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