Salvator Pharmacy

Why visit

Salvator is a pharmacy you can still walk into for medicine, yet its dispensary looks much as it did more than a century ago. The Baroque cabinets come from the Jesuit pharmacy founded by Archbishop Juraj Lippay in the 17th century.

The pharmacy closed in the 1990s. After the city bought the building and restored the interior, it reopened in 2024 and once again serves customers.

What to see

• Baroque furniture: carved cabinets made for the Jesuit pharmacy in the first half of the 18th century, returned to their original home during the restoration.
• Early 20th-century fittings: the chandelier, scales, cash register and lamps added when the present building went up.
• Dispensary ceiling: stucco decoration combined with painted scenes from classical mythology.
• Façade: a neo-Renaissance front crowned by a stone statue of Christ the Saviour by sculptor Alojz Rigele.

Plan your visit

There is no ticket – this is a working pharmacy, so step in, look around and leave room for customers at the counter. The pharmacists on duty explain the history of the interior.

Ten to fifteen minutes is enough. St Martin’s Cathedral is across the street, and Michael’s Gate is about a 5-minute walk.