Sárospatak
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Sárospatak is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, northern Hungary. It lies 70 kilometres northeast from Miskolc, in the Bodrog river valley. The town, often called simply Patak, is a cultural cent
Sárospatak Castle
World War I memorial
The castle of Sárospatak on the reverse side of 500 Hungarian Forint banknote
John Amos Comenius
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John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a relig
Sárospatak
…time, was founded in Sárospatak in 1531. In 1650 Zsuzsanna Lorántffy, widow of George I Rákóczi prince of Transylvania invited the famous Czech educator John Amos Comenius to Sárospatak. Comenius lived there until 1654, as a professor of the college, and he wrote some of his most important works there. Following organizational…
Portrait, c. 1650–1670
Oldest surviving manuscript by Comenius dated 1611; written in Latin and Czech
Alphonse Mucha's The Slav Epic cycle No.16: The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in Naarden: A Flicker of Hope (1918)
Portrait of an Old Man by Rembrandt, possibly a depiction of Comenius