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Tangible heritage - Monuments

Roman Catholic Church of St Elizabeth and the Medieval Hospital

20 min.

Time requirement

No entrance fee

Entrance fee

Activity information

On the southern edge of the town stands the Church of St Elizabeth, originally part of a medieval hospital for the sick and the poor founded around 1382 by Johelinus Craczer.

This charitable institution was also supported by King Louis I of Hungary, who donated the settlement of Veterník together with its estates. The church has a simple ground plan with two bays of cross-rib vaulting in the nave and a five-sided presbytery. A richly profiled entrance portal with Renaissance elements and a chapel with a lunette vault reflect the architectural development from Late Gothic to Renaissance, while the Baroque tower added in 1712–1713 points to later construction phases. The interior contains a Gothic stone baptismal font with a Baroque cover.

Important information


LocationKremnica
Entrance fee No entrance fee
Time requirement20 min.
Open hours Ulimited
ParkingPaid parking on Dolná Street, approximately 100 metres from the church.
Web pagewww.farnostkremnica.sk/ko…
Coordinates48.7009804 18.9129494

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