Bazilika svätého Jakuba (Levoca) - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

"Bazilika svätého Jakuba je gotická sakrálna stavba v okresnom meste Levoca v Prešovskom kraji. Spolu s nedaleko stojacou renesancnou mestskou radnicou tvorí dominantu Námestia Majstra Pavla. Je farským kostolom levocskej rímskokatolíckej farnosti. Zasvätený je apoštolovi sv. Jakubovi staršiemu.

Je najväcšou sakrálnou stavbou na Spiši a má druhú najvyššiu vnútornú výšku lode na Slovensku (po košickom Dóme svätej Alžbety). Svojím cenným interiérovým vybavením (kolekcia gotických krídlových oltárov, vzácny mobiliár, viacero jedinecných umeleckých diel) sa radí medzi najcennejšie historické pamiatky u nás. Dôkazom toho je nielen mimoriadna návštevnost chrámu ale tiež skutocnost, že aj vdaka nemu bola Levoca v roku 2009 zapísaná do Zoznamu Svetového dedicstva UNESCO ako súcast súboru Levoca, Spišský hrad a pamiatky okolia."

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"St. James’s Church in the town of Levoca belongs to the biggest gothic churches in Slovakia. It is a functioning cathedral and as a parish church of the former free royal town of Levoca , it has served its believers for daily worshipping for more than 700 years.

It has a rich history and is a treasury of many art monuments. The evidence of it is the fact that it combines three National Cultural Monuments. Apart from the church architecture, the works of the medieval well-known woodcarver Master Pavol from Levoca (Majster Pavol z Levoce) as well as the works of the baroque jeweler Ján Szillassy are protected as another National Cultural Monuments.

The church is consecrated to St. James sr. the Apostle, protector of the fighters, the pilgrims and the workers, venerated by the whole medieval Europe. July 25th is a special day dedicated to him. In the past, big anniversary fairs took place in Levoca that day.

Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. James belongs to the most important monuments of sacral art in Slovakia. Since 1965, the church and its interior improvements, has been protected as a National Cultural Monument. The main altar is the most admired one. At the same time, it is the highest gothic altar in the world. Its author is a well-known late gothic woodcarver, Master Pavol from Levoca. The altar is 18 meters and 62 centimeters high.

The work of Ján Szillassy also belongs to a National Cultural Monuments. His monstrances, chalices and other sacral objects decorated by enamel and wrought decor, inset with gemstones and Bohemian garnets are from the second half of the 18th century. In 1992, this work was proclaimed a National Cultural Monument."

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