St Michael Chapel
The Saint Michael Church is a Gothic style church in Košice, Slovakia. Originally a chapel, the building became officially a church after its reconstruction in 2006.
History
The Saint Michael Chapel was probably erected in the first half of the 14th century. It was built as a cemetery chapel inside the town walls in the place of the present-day park at Hlavná ulica. The lower part of the chapel was initially an ossarium, while the upper one served for praying the Office of the Dead.The chapel served as a Slovak church whereas the Cathedral of Saint Elisabeth was a German and Hungarian church.
During its rebuilding between 1902-1904, they pulled down the northern aisle and bricked 17 old gravestones into the exterior walls of the chapel to save them from destruction.
The poor condition of the building was the reason of the complex reconstruction from 1998 to 2006. The reconstructed chapel was consecrated on 22 January 2006 by Alojz Tkáč, Archbishop of Košice. After construction was finished, the chapel has since officially become a church.