Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve

Slovakia
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Town and District of Bardejov, Prešov Region
N49 17 36 E21 16 45
Ref: 973

Brief Description

Bardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also contains a small Jewish quarter around a fine 18th-century synagogue.
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Justification for Inscription

Criterion iii The fortified town of Bardejov provides exceptionally well preserved evidence of the economic and social structure of trading towns in medieval Central Europe. Criterion iv The plan, buildings, and fortifications of Bardejov illustrate the urban complex that developed in Central Europe in the Middle Ages at major points along the great trade routes of the period

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