Although tram tracks exist, only bicyclists and pedestrians travel the town center of Košice

The State Theater anchors one end of the street

Lovely fountains in the park provide a peaceful setting especially at night when one fountain "sings" with music and a light show

St Elizabeth's Cathedral (14th century) is a dominant feature

St Michael's Chapel (built in 1330) is adjacent to the Cathedral

Excavations reveal the fortifications of an earlier Košice

Understandably, this area was not accessible to tourists

Every city has a monument in gratitude for the end of the plague

Košice is no exception

Jakobov Palace

Memorial: "Eternal Glory"
to those executed, tortured and pursued in the war against Communism

The Slovak Technical Museum

Wherever we travel, Joe is sure to visit the technical museum

Western influence is visible in Slovakia here as Pizza Hut
shares a building with the Obchodny Dom (department store) TESCO

Below is the huge US Steel plant outside of Košice

Ironically, thousands of Slovaks/Rusyns once immigrated to the USA
and worked in the American steel mills
which have since been closed or drastically downsized.

Now many of those of industries have been relocated to Slovakia