Mikluš prison and executioners apartment in Košice
One of the most attractive expositions of the East Slovakia Museum in Košice is certainly exposition of historical town prison with torture chamber and adjacent dwelling of the executioner. Prison, where in the past many found their destiny - thief, drunkard, adulterer or other weird elements, is guarded by the executioner himself - dreaded Mikluš (in wax form), who worked here. He had made himself noticed by the people by his exceptionally cruel ways. Prison premises, torture chambers and executioners apartment breathe genuine contemporary atmosphere and also instruments for the performance of torture and capital punishment contribute to permanent exhibition on trade, crafts and the bourgeois housing in Košice.
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Area
Region: Košice (Košický kraj)
GPS: 48.722815 21.259733
Contact
Address: Pri Miklušovej väznici 929/10, Košice, 040 01
Phone: +421 917 755 594
Email: info@vsmuzeum.sk
Web: http://www.vsmuzeum.sk/expozicie,cenniky/kosicke-storocia
Visitors information
Opening hours: http://www.vsmuzeum.sk/otvaracie-hodiny
Admission Fee: http://www.vsmuzeum.sk/expozicie, ticket / reality-century
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Nearby you will find
- Crafts Lane in Kosice
- Calvinist Church in Košice
- House of Crafts in Košice
- Rodošto - Memorial House of Francis II. Rákoczi
- Košice casemates, Executioner's Bastion
- Levoča House in Košice
- University Church of the Holy Trinity in Košice
- Beggars House
- Historic Town Hall in Košice
- Andrássy Palace in Košice
- Immaculata in Košice
- State Theatre in Košice
- Evangelic Church in Košice
- Kunnsthalle Košice (Hall of Art)
- Singing Fountain and chimes in Košice
- Jakab´s Palace in Košice
- Csaky - Dezőfi Palace in Košice
- Wax Museum, Urban´s tower
- Franciscan Church in Košice
- Barkócziho Palace in Košice
Nearby accommodations
- City Penzion
- Hut Drienica
- White House
- Hôrka Campsite
- Pension Neptune
- The Horse Yard Pension
- Pension Sport
- Boardinghouse Dobšinka
- Vila Strážan
- Privát Cyprián
- Villa Snow
- Pension 2004
- Miramonti Resort
- Pension Štôla
- Cottage Eva
- Polana Guest House
- Vila Kosodrevina