World Heritage Identification Number: 620
World Heritage since: 1993
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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Levoča, Spišský Hrad, and the Associated Cultural Monuments: A Glimpse into Medieval Eastern Europe
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Levoča, Spišský Hrad, and the Associated Cultural Monuments offers a captivating journey through medieval Eastern Europe. This extensive site, inscribed in 1993, comprises three main components: the ruins of Spiš Castle, the historic town center of Levoča, and the ecclesiastical town of Spišská Kapitula.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact.
The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul.
Encyclopedia Record: Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments
The ruins of Spiš Castle is one of the largest castle sites in Central Europe. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra that with adjacent ecclesiastical town Spišská Kapitula form components of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2009, the site was extended to include the famous altar by Master Paul of Levoča and the historic centre of Levoča with many well-preserved Renaissance buildings.Additional Site Details
Area: 1,351.225 hectares
Coordinates: 48.9994444444 , 20.7675
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