| Košice Amphitheatre | |
|---|---|
Amfiteáter Košice | |
 The amphitheatre in 1959 | |
 Interactive map of the Košice Amphitheatre area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Košice, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48°43′38″N 21°14′18″E / 48.727177°N 21.238461°E |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 5,000 |
The Košice Amphitheater (Slovak: Amfiteáter Košice) is an amphitheater in Košice, in the Sever district of the city, at Festival Square No. 2.[1]
History
editThe location of the Košice amphitheater was proposed in 1954 on the eastern slope of the Kalvária hill.[2] The construction began with earthworks by the Civil Engineering Department in 1955, and the construction itself, as part of the "Z" campaign, began on its own in 1956, in which students from 20 secondary vocational schools and institutions participated, and all the major construction companies in the city. The entrance to the amphitheater was to be solved from the back, and thus a road bypass and the entire Festival Square were created.[3] The entire construction was originally divided into 4 stages, but in the end there were two stages, the 1st stage was completed in 1959 and the second stage took place in 1963 - 1966. In the second stage, sanitary facilities and final landscaping were completed. The first mention of the final approval in the city archives is from 1963, when the "capable parts of the amphitheater" were put into use.[3] The construction of the EKRAN building, behind the projection screen, where the changing rooms for performers and the restaurant and offices of the Park of Culture and Leisure were to be located, was postponed until 1968.[3]
The amphitheater project by Ing. arch Gabrini and Ing. arch V. Malinovský was, with its seating capacity of 25,000 and the dimensions of the largest projection screen, one of the largest in Czechoslovakia. The first summer screening dates back to 1965 as part of the "Workers' Film Festival", which after years moved from the city cinemas to the amphitheater. On Saturday, June 19, 1965, the premiere of the "Oscar" film of the city of Sabinov, The Shop on Main Street, was held. The screening was attended by 20,000 spectators.[4] From 1995, the amphitheater was managed by the Košice North Local Authority until August 1, 2012, when reconstruction began as part of the investment projects Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013,[5] which ended on December 28, 2012.[6][7] The amphitheater was then managed by the Košice City Hall. From January 1, 2014, it came under the management of the newly established contributory organization of the city of Košice "K13 - Košice Cultural Centers" with its registered office at Kukučínová Street No. 2, in the new Kulturpark.[3]
References
edit- ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Amfiteáter patril stovkám tanečníkov". Korzár Košice (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ "Amfiteáter - multifunkčná hala :: Oficiálne stránky mesta Košice". www.kosice.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ a b c d "Košický amfiteáter". www.kosiceonline.sk. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ "Amfiteáter". K13 (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ "Nová dominanta Košíc: Z amfitéatra moderná hala za 8 miliónov €!". Nový Čas (in Slovak). 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ "Amfiteáter Košice". Slovenský cestovateľ (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-05-07.
- ^ "Košice sú Európskym mestom kultúry a majú aj amfiteáter..." Bystricoviny.sk - správy - kultúra - šport (in Slovak). 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
External links
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