Levoca (North-East Slovakia) - City and Town Halls on Waymarking.com

Depicted reconstructed Renaissance-Classicist building, seat of Levoca Municipal Office (Mestský úrad), is located in town's main public space - Námestie Majstra Pavla (Master Paul Square).

Thanks to the fact, that famous Renaissance building of historic Levoca Town Hall is occupied by Museum, the current Municipal Office (New Town Hall) you can find in this also interesting building. The Municipal Office building, built at the site of older Gothic houses in 1588, was originally Renaissance Waaghaus (Vážnica/The Old Weigh-House) - a storage warehouse where visiting merchants were required to register, weight (waage = weighing scale in German) and store their goods on the way through the town. Building, many times reubuilt and reconstructed, took its current almost Classicist appearance during reshapings in the 18/19th centuries. Later it housed e.g. high school, town armory, casino or was used as a residential building and eventually, in the last decades of the 20th century, it was rebuilt for a seat of Levoca municipal office.

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Levoca (Latin: Leuchovia, German: Leutschau, Hungarian: Locse, Polish: Lewocza) is a town in the Prešov Region of North-Eastern Slovakia with a population of 14,600. The town grew up at an intersection of trade routes below the Levoca Mountains in eastern Slovakia. Along with Spiš Castle and surrounding historical landmarks, the national heritage site in Levoca forms a well-preserved legacy of medieval settlement, the like of which is found nowhere else in the world. For this reason, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Evidence of the town's wealth in the Middle Ages is provided by its buildings and fortification system dating from 13th to 15th centuries. The main square, originally surrounded by houses of leading townsmen, gradually came to be filled with public buildings. In the 14th century, St James's Church was built in the middle of the square and the Town Hall was built to the south of the church. The renowned woodcarver Master Paul lived and worked in Levoca and his workshop produced many masterpieces. Among them was the main altarpiece in St James's Church – the highest late-Gothic winged altarpiece in the world, carved between 1507 and 1517. The town's fortified medieval core is home to many unique heritage structures, and in 1955 it was declared a National Cultural Monument. On 28 June 2009, Levoca was added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List.

Name: Mestský úrad Levoča / Levoča Municipal Office Address: Mestský úrad Levoča Námestie Majstra Pavla 4 Levoča, Slovakia 054 01 Date of Construction: 1588, Reconstructions and rebuildings - 18th century, 19th century,1976-1983,1993 Architect: unknown Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Viktor Greshik memorial tablet (southern wall) Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link]

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