Pozsony - Óváros

Bratislava Main Railway Station

Building, structure

Bratislava Main Station is a railway through station. The first reception building was completed in 1848 for the Vienna–Bratislava and Břeclav–Bratislava lines (the 1848 building is now the headquarters of the railway police). In 1871, in parallel with the construction of the Bud... Read More

Reformed Church

Building, structure

The imposing tower of the Reformed Church appeared in the silhouette of Bratislava more than a hundred years ago. The church was built in the former Irgalmasok Square, in the part of the city that began to develop before the northern section of the city wall. The neo-Romanesque f... Read More

Summer Primate's Palace

Building, structure

The Archbishops of Esztergom, who were forced to move to the city of Nagyszombat after the Turkish occupation of our capital, naturally built a residence in the new Hungarian capital, Bratislava, close to Vienna and the government offices. ; The land of today's palace was purchas... Read More

Immaculata Column

Sacral small monument

“The column in honor of the Immaculate Virgin Mary in the middle of the square in front of the (St. Stephen) Church dates back to 1723.” Read More

Obelisk fountain

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On the Market Square, one could see “the ornamental fountain with an obelisk set in a circle, which was erected in memory of the National Assembly of 1825.” Read More

Grassalkovich Castle

Building, structure

The Grassalkovich Castle or Grassalkovich Palace is one of the famous buildings in Bratislava. The building is a fine example of late Baroque-Rococo architecture. The castle also has an imposing French garden, and in front of it is Tibor Bártfay's work called The Fountain of Peac... Read More

The grave of Lajos Szeberényi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

"Lajos Szeberényi, member of the Kisfaludy Society, evangelical theology teacher, born on 15 August 1820 in Maglód, finished high school in 1839 in Selmeczbánya (where he was a working member of the Hungarian self-education circle and made the acquaintance of Petőfi, with whom he... Read More

The grave of William Michaelis

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Michaelis Vilmos, abbot of the Roman Catholic Lyceum, was born in Bratislava in 1829. He completed his lyceum and philosophical studies, as well as one year of the theological course, in his hometown. In 1849, he attended the Protestant Theological Institute in Vienna and in the ... Read More

Church, convent and hospital of the Order of Mercy

Building, structure

According to Tivadar Ortvay, "The upper part of the Market Square was called the Square of the Merciful (Barmherzigenplatz) until recent times, until 1879, because its eastern side is covered by the monastery and hospital building of the Merciful."; "The Order of Mercy settled in... Read More

Tomb of Baron János Jeszenák

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Baron János Jeszenák of Királyfia (Bratislava, 22 January 1800 – Pest, 10 October 1849) was a politician, government commissioner, chieftain, martyr of the 1848–49 revolution and war of independence, Lutheran church district inspector, great-grandfather of János Esterházy. ; Baro... Read More