© Slovak post, 2006 It was mainly the towns of Eastern Slovakia which participated in the development of Renaissance architecture in Slovakia from the middle of the 16th century. The social and political conditions following the defeat of Hungarian troops by the Turks at Moháč in 1526 and the onset of the Reformation paved the way to the Renaissance. It was in the towns of the Spiš region (German: Zips) where the Renaissance impacted stronger in comparison with other regions. The mutual interaction of the native traditions with the architecture of southern Poland (with its center in Cracow) contributed to the...