Our last days in Felvidék…
On our last day we visited and saw many beautiful things.
Késmárk is the centre of cultural and touristic life of Szepesség. In the Lutheran church, which is on the world heritage list, is the final resting place of Thököly Imre and there is a cultural exhibition about the people who used to live in the fort and the neighbouring area.
In the wooden church built in honour of Trinity is still in original state and is still used for Lutheran worships. The church was built in 1681 when the parliament in Sopron let Protestants to build churches out of towns in a certain place, strictly from ecclesiastic’s funds. The cheapest building material was wood. It is unbelievable that the whole building is still in its original state. This building was built in three months in 1717. Máté also told us that the builders did not use any iron nail during construction, only wood was used to construct the church.
The final destination of the historical camp was Ólubló. The town had rough history throughout the centuries from the 14th century until the reign of King Csák Máté Zsigmond. Benyovszky Móric was kept here in prison, the aristocrat globetrotter. The museum at the bottom of the fort depicts the everyday lives of people of that era.
We were facing with a difficult task in the evening. We had to summarise what the best part of the camp was. It was not easy as we saw many beautiful things. We celebrated our friends who had name days or birthdays during the trip. We left the camp behind with aching heart.