Dolna Street

Dolna Street was preserved in nearly its original shape. The houses belonged to the rich burhers and have many valuable construction details, mainly in the Renaissance and Baroque styles.

The most significant house is No.8 , from the 14th century. Over the entrance portal there is a Latin inscription: BENEDICTO DOMINI DIVITES FAC 1610, meaning "The Blessing of the Lord Makes People Rich". It is also called Bethlen House, because in 1620 a Hungarian assembly elected the prince of Sedmohrad, Gabriel Bethlen, as Hungarian king.

In house No.19 there is a massive chain which was used to close off the street in the time of the Hungarian assembly meeting in 1620.

House No.29 has an interesting relief of a swan over the gate. The memorial tablet says that Matej Bel, an important scholar of Levoca, lived here in 1708.

The small Church of St. Elizabeth, from the year 1303, is one of the oldest buildings in the town. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1750. The last reconstruction gave it Neo-Gothic elements. There is a precious Gothic vault and an altar picture of St. Elizabeth by Jozef Murgas, an inventor of wireless telegraphy from Tajov.

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