Prešov (svk)

Prešov

Prešov ranks 2,379th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Blumenau, Villingen-Schwenningen, and Ružomberok. The most famous people from Prešov are Pál Maléter, Andrei Glanzmann, and Ladislav Pavlovič. The most famous people who died in Prešov are Antun Vrančić, Alexander Dukhnovych, and Marek Špilár. Prešov has been the birth place of many soccer players, and hockey players and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Prešov is located in Slovakia.

Prešov is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city in eastern Slovakia and the third-largest city in all of Slovakia, after the nearby city of Košice. It belongs to the Košice-Prešov agglomeration and is the natural cultural, economic, transport, and administrative center of the Prešov Region. It lends its name to the Eperjes-Tokaj Hill-Chain, which was considered the geographic entity on the first map of Hungary from 1528. There are many tourist attractions in Prešov, such as castles, pools, and the old town. Read more on Wikipedia