Spisska Kapitula Levoca, Slovakia
Spisska Kapitula Levoca
Address: Spisska Kapitula, Spisske Podhradie, Levoca
Description: Spisska Kapitula near to Levoca (15 km) is a part of the village of Spisske Podhradie..
Spisska Kapitula is a municipal cultural reservation and the center of church administration unit. Since the end of the 12th century, there had been the seat of the Spis Priory, later the seat of the Spis Bishopric..
In 1245-1273, the The St. Martin Cathedral with two towers was built in Romanesque and Gothic style. The cathedral has the Gothic altars, statues, tomb stones, chalices, bells, fresco paintings from 1317, portray the coronation ceremony of the King Charles Robert and the oldest known Roman-style sculpture in Slovakia - Leo Albus.
There is also the late Renaissance Bishop Palace with some baroque features (1652), the clock tower (1739).
Nowadays, there is the seat of the Theological College.