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Kostol sv. Štefana kráľa v Žiline

(Foto: 14. 4. 2007)

Vstupná brána do opevneného Kostola Štefana kráľa na Dolných Rudinách.

The Church of St.Stephen the King. It is the oldest historic building of Zilina. The late Romanesque church is situated in the city part Rudiny. It is one of the first Romanesque churches in Slovakia, dating from the middle of the 13th century. Inside the church are found a very precious frescoes, whose given laughed them to 1260. The church is encircled from a stone wall. To the inside of it walls, were discovered during the archeological diggings the foundations of the Renaissance chapel of the 15th century.