Old Town School

Already in 1415 the registers of the University of Vienna mention the first student from Prešov. The high level of the school in the Middle Ages is evidenced by the study of several of its graduates at various foreign universities in Vienna, Cracow, or in Italian cities. After the construction of the Evangelical College and the beginning of regular teaching in 1667, the town school ceased to exist. From 1673 it housed a Jesuit gymnasium. From the last third of the 19th century it was transformed into a royal Catholic grammar school. The building of the old town school served various purposes in the past, today it serves the P. O. Hviezdoslav Regional Library.