Archeologické múzeum Dolná brána
An underground archaeological complex of the city fortifications below Hlavná street in Košice, with an interactive exhibition on the Dolná brána (Lower Gate).
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About the museum
The archaeological complex of the Lower Gate was discovered by chance at the end of the 1990s, during the reconstruction of the paving on Hlavná street in Košice. The uncovered parts of the fortifications and the town sewer date from the 13th to the 19th century and are the preserved original entrance to the town. Of the town walls, 26 fragments survive in the centre of the town, and the Lower Gate site is the largest of them; the uncovered section is 65 metres long and, in the area of the barbican, up to 65 metres wide.
The underground museum was opened to the public in 1998. It preserves, for example, the Luxembourg Tower with a stone bridge over the first moat, and the Corvinus stone bridge leading to the barbican. The complex has been renovated, and a new underground exhibition with multimedia presentations and interactive elements has been created.
The exhibition has five thematic sections: the Lower Gate, the fortifications of Košice, water management and the sewer, the history of the town, and the military, with the development of period weapons. Visitors will be interested in the 3D archaeological models of the gate and the whole fortification, and in the audiovisual projections. The exhibition is available in Slovak, Hungarian and English.
Highlights
- Uncovered parts of the town fortifications and sewer from the 13th to 19th centuries
- 3D archaeological models of the Lower Gate and the Košice fortifications
- Luxembourg Tower and the Corvinus stone bridge
- Interactive exhibition in Slovak, Hungarian and English
Permanent exhibition
- Expozícia opevnenia Košíc v Dolnej bráne – An interactive exhibition with five thematic sections on the Lower Gate, the Košice fortifications, the sewer, the history of the town and the military, supplemented by 3D archaeological models and audiovisual projections.
- Founded
- 1998
- Operated by
- K13 – Košické kultúrne centrá
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