Michalovce

The first record about Michalovce was in 1244. Michalovce isn’t a very big city, but it’s a nice town.

About 48,000 people live there.

In the centre of Michalovce there is a dominant sculpture composition named “Zemplin Spring”. Liberators´ Square is the shopping centre. There are many shops, boutiques, restaurants and pubs. There are the Družba Hotel and luxurious Jalta Hotel in the centre of town.

The traditions of Michalovce are annual town fairs in August. The fairs date back to the Middle Ages.

Mousson, an important personality in Zemplin artistic circles, worked in Michalovce in the early 20^th century and painted these fairs.

Michalovce is the economical and cultural centre of middle Zemplin with more than 40,000 inhabitants. During 14th and at the beginning of 15th centuries the town of Michalovce developed into the town in which local and regional markets took place. In 15th century the town as a main market centre became the most important of twelve town residences in the East Slovakia lowland. There are some remarkable architectural, artistic and historical memories there. The dynamic development in all economical branches was to be seen in 19th and mainly in 20th centuries.

The Town Hall The Town at Night The Former Hotel

The Centre of Town The Town at Night The Bank

The Jalta Hotel Zemplinska Sirava

Zemplinska Sirava