Prešov Region
Levoča District
Levoča

Levoča

Levoča is a town in the Region of eastern with a population of 14,700. The town has a historic centre with a well preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with the tallest wooden altar in the world, carved by Master Paul of Levoča, and many other Renaissance buildings.
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  • Type: Town with 14,700 residents
  • Description: town in Slovakia
  • Also known as: “Löcse”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Historic town hall and Basilica of St. James, Levoča.

Historic building
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Town Hall in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Levoča, was originally built in the 15th century, and stands in the town's main square.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of St. James is a Gothic church in Levoča, , Slovakia. Building began in the 14th century. It is a Catholic parish church, dedicated to James the Apostle.

Railway station
Photo: Adehertogh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kurimany.

Village
Photo: Oto Zapletal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a and municipality in in the of central-eastern . is situated 4½ km southwest of Levoča.

Levoča

Latitude
49.0251° or 49° 1′ 30″ north
Longitude
20.5887° or 20° 35′ 19″ east
Population
14,700
Elevation
536 metres (1,759 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SK VOA
Open location code
8GX22HGQ+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26036345
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
724294
Wiki­data ID
Q242478
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Levoča” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليفوتشا”
  • Aragonese: “Levoča”
  • Armenian: “Լևոչա”
  • Asturian: “Levoča”
  • Azerbaijani: “Levoça”
  • Basque: “Levoča”
  • Belarusian: “Levoča”
  • Belarusian: “Левача”
  • Bulgarian: “Levoča”
  • Bulgarian: “Левоча”
  • Catalan: “Levoča”
  • Cebuano: “Levoča”
  • Chinese: “Levoča”
  • Chinese: “莱沃恰”
  • Chinese: “萊沃恰”
  • Chuvash: “Levoča”
  • Chuvash: “Левоча”
  • Croatian: “Levoča”
  • Czech: “Levoča”
  • Danish: “Levoča”
  • Dutch: “Levoča”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليفوتشا”
  • Esperanto: “Levoca”
  • Esperanto: “Levoča”
  • Esperanto: “Lőcse”
  • Estonian: “Levoča”
  • Estonian: “Mesto Levoča”
  • Finnish: “Leutschau”
  • Finnish: “Levoca”
  • Finnish: “Levoča”
  • Finnish: “Lewocza”
  • Finnish: “Lőcse”
  • French: “Levoča”
  • Georgian: “ლევოჩა”
  • German: “Leutschau”
  • German: “Levoča”
  • Greek: “Λεβοτσά”
  • Hebrew: “לבוצ’ה”
  • Hebrew: “לבוצה”
  • Hungarian: “Levoča”
  • Hungarian: “Lőcse”
  • Irish: “Levoča”
  • Italian: “Levoca”
  • Italian: “Levoča”
  • Italian: “Lőcse”
  • Japanese: “Levoča”
  • Japanese: “レヴォチャ”
  • Japanese: “レボチャ”
  • Korean: “레보차”
  • Latin: “Leutsovia”
  • Latin: “Levoča”
  • Latvian: “Levoča”
  • Lithuanian: “Levoča”
  • Lombard: “Levoča”
  • Luxembourgish: “Levoca”
  • Luxembourgish: “Levoča”
  • Macedonian: “Левоча”
  • Malay: “Levoča”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Levoča”
  • Moksha: “Levoča”
  • Moksha: “Лэвоча”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Levoča”
  • Norwegian: “Levoča”
  • Ossetian: “Левочæ”
  • Persian: “لوچا”
  • Polish: “Levoca”
  • Polish: “Levoča”
  • Polish: “Levocza”
  • Polish: “Lewocza”
  • Portuguese: “Levoča”
  • Romanian: “Leutschau”
  • Romanian: “Levoca”
  • Romanian: “Levoča”
  • Russian: “Левоча”
  • Rusyn: “Левоча”
  • Serbian: “Levoča”
  • Serbian: “Ljevoča”
  • Serbian: “Љевоча”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Levoča”
  • Silesian: “Levoča”
  • Slovak: “Levoča”
  • Slovenian: “Levoča”
  • Spanish: “Leutschau”
  • Spanish: “Levoca”
  • Spanish: “Levoča”
  • Spanish: “Lewocza”
  • Spanish: “Locse”
  • Spanish: “Lőcse”
  • Swedish: “Leutschau”
  • Swedish: “Levoca”
  • Swedish: “Levoća”
  • Swedish: “Levoča”
  • Tatar: “Левоча”
  • Turkish: “Levoča”
  • Turkish: “Löçe”
  • Ukrainian: “Левоча”
  • Vietnamese: “Levoča”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Levoča”
  • “Leutschau”
  • “Levoča”
  • “Lőcse”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Levoča”. Photo: Semu, CC BY-SA 3.0.