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Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, IPA: [ˈbracislawskiː ˈɦrat] ⓘ; German: Pressburger Burg; Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians , directly above the Danube river ...
1.4 Bratislava Castle (Podhradie) 1.5 Hviezdoslavovo námestie. 1.6 Ľudovíta Štúra Square. ... Palace of the Hungarian Discount and Exchange Bank (Hlavné námestie)
Bratislava: Dievčí Castle Iža: Diviaky nad Nitricou Castle Diviaky nad Nitricou: Divín Castle Divín: Dobrá Niva Castle Dobrá Niva: Dobrá Voda Castle: Dobrá Voda: Dolná Mičivá Castle Dolná Mičivá Dračí hrádok Castle Bratislava: Drienok Castle Drienok: Ruins of groundworks of castle built in the second half of the 13th century ...
Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts.. More than 5 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, [1] and the most attractive destinations are the capital of Bratislava and the High Tatras. [2]
During the coronation of 19 Hungarian kings (1563–1830) in Bratislava (Pressburg, Pozsony), the ruler would enter with his coronation entourage by way of the Vydrica Gate, get crowned at St. Martin's Cathedral and one of the stops following the coronation during the procession through the town was the stop at St. Michael's Gate, where the new ...
In 1961, the Slovak Museum and the Slovak National Museum in Martin were merged into the Slovak National Museum, based in Bratislava. [ 1 ] On March 11, 2012, the Krásna Hôrka Castle (part of the SNM), was damaged by a fire started when two children were lighting cigarettes. [ 2 ]
The Primacial Palace (Slovak: Primaciálny palác) is a neoclassical palace in the Old Town of Bratislava the capital of Slovakia.It was built from 1778 to 1781 for Archbishop József Batthyány, after the design of architect Melchior Hefele.
The building was finished in 1760, by architect Andreas Mayerhoffer for Hungarian aristocrat Antal Grassalkovich of Croatian descent, a close friend of Maria Theresa. [1] Antal was then President of the Royal Hungarian Chamber (quasi-Minister of Finance), and as such he needed an apartment in the capital (since Pozsony was the capital of Hungary until 1848).