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Bratislava Old Town Hall

Building, structure

The oldest building on the square is the Old Town Hall: the city council of the free royal city of Bratislava was based there. The tower was considered the main tower of Bratislava for a long time: from here, royal elections and national assemblies were announced, new money was p... Read More

György Denes and Gyula Duba

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György Dénes interviews Gyula Duba in the 1970s Read More

Allegory of Work and the Arts

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

This part of Bratislava was home to petty officials and workers at the beginning of the 20th century. The well-considered urban development is indicated by the fact that we can find high-quality works of art on practically every street. The street facade of the residential buildi... Read More

Duck fountain

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The public squares and parks of Bratislava boast numerous 20th-century statues and sculptures, many of which were created by Hungarian sculptors. After the city fell into Czech hands in 1918 and the communist takeover in 1945, nationalist and/or ideological barbarism destroyed se... Read More

Szalatnai Rezső memorial plaque

Statue, monument, plaque

Rezső Szalatnai, along with Pál Szvatkó and Zoltán Fábry, was the most significant critic of Hungarian literature in Czechoslovakia between the two wars, a literary historian and writer who, among other things, was committed to the Hungarians in Slovakia with his courageous actio... Read More

Béla Bartók memorial plaque

Statue, monument, plaque

After the death of Béla Bartók's father, his mother found work in various cities, and they finally moved to Bratislava in 1888 and lived at Kórház utca 3. ; Bartók was a student at the Royal Catholic Gymnasium in Bratislava between 1892 and 1899 (with a one-year break). He receiv... Read More

Old market hall

Building, structure

The old market hall in Bratislava was once home to a 15th-century bastion, which was the city's fortification. The current building, which served as the first covered market in Bratislava, was opened to its intended purpose on October 31, 1910. The eclectic-style building was des... Read More

St. Ladislaus Church

Building, structure

The Church of St. Ladislaus in Bratislava is located in the Old Town district of Bratislava on Ispotály (Hospital) Street. The church is part of the four-winged hospital next to it, which was built between 1830 and 1832 in the classicist style according to the plans of Ignác Feig... Read More

Royal Catholic High School

Building, structure

Bratislava was one of the most important school towns in Hungary. Among its numerous educational institutions, one of the most prominent and prestigious was the Royal Catholic High School. The history of the institution begins in 1626, when the Archbishop of Esztergom, Péter Pázm... Read More

Guest House for the Green Tree

Building, structure

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