Building, structure

Guest House for the Green Tree

At the eastern end of the former Bratislava Promenade, near the theatre and the Redout, where today's very high-class four-star hotel stands, there was already an inn called A hattyúhoz in the 13th century. From 1760, a tavern called A három zöld fához operated here. The building... Read More

Poor Clares Church

Building, structure

The church is a Gothic, slender, oriental building with a polygonal sanctuary. It was built in the first half of the 14th century on the site of the former Cistercian church (it is disputed how much the former church was destroyed, or perhaps it was partially rebuilt). Its pentag... Read More

St. Elizabeth Church and Monastery of the Árpád House

Building, structure

The church is located in the Old Town of Bratislava. After the change of regime, the Sisters of St. Elizabeth got back the church and the adjacent monastery and hospital, and the members of the order are currently mainly engaged in caring for cancer patients. The patron saint of ... Read More

Place of birth of János Fadrusz

Building, structure

One of the most significant Hungarian monumental sculptors of his time, the last decades of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, János Fadrusz was born in Bratislava, in the Pálffy yard on the former Vártelek Street, on September 2, 1858. He lived most of his l... Read More

Elizabeth Hotel

Building, structure

The hotel was built by Baron Ármin Popper (Podhragyi) (September 8, 1860, Nemeskutas – June 19, 1924, Budapest), a large landowner and industrialist, in 1901, in the Art Nouveau style, based on the plans of E. Bleier, on the site of the former “Fekete csillagnál” restaurant, and ... Read More

Trenčín Castle

Building, structure

The present-day Trenčín Castle rises above the Váh valley on the limestone cliff of the Castle Hill (Mária Hill) in the heart of the city of Trenčín. The castle, with a fairly large area, is relatively well restored. The castle hill is very steep on three sides, only gentler in t... Read More

Synagogue

Building, structure

In Trenčín, the seat of the county of the same name, Jews appeared in larger numbers in the 17th and 18th centuries. They fled from Moravia to escape the persecution of Jews there. They settled outside the city walls, in the vicinity - this area has now become part of the histori... Read More

Palugyay Palace

Building, structure

Chateau Palugyay, or Palugyay Palace, was built in the Palladian style according to the plans of the architect Ignác Feigler Jr. It served as both a residence and a winery, with an extensive cellar system. At the end of the 19th century, it was connected to the nearby railway sta... Read More

Zichy-Ferraris Castle

Building, structure

Behind a gated, dilapidated brick fence, shady, ancient trees protect a huge, snow-white, English Gothic-style castle. ; Between 1841 and 1844, in just three short years, the originally Baroque manor house was rebuilt, becoming the first Tudor-style nobleman's castle in Hungary. ... Read More

Mikszáth Kálmán Memorial House

Building, structure

The family of Kálmán Mikszáth settled in Szklabonya in 1843. The famous Hungarian writer Kálmán Mikszáth was born in this village on January 16, 1847, the author of such well-known works as The Umbrella of Saint Peter, The Siege of Biszterce or The Black City. The greatest source... Read More