Pozsony

Nester Palace

Building, structure

The Nester Palace stands on the southern wall of the former Kossuth Lajos Square, on the street front, in a closed row of buildings, on a corner plot. It was built by Josef von Nester in 1856, in the classicist style, according to the plans of Ignác Feigler. The main facade of th... Read More

Kutscherfeld Palace

Building, structure

The Kutscherfeld Palace is a three-storey, gable-roofed Baroque building built in 1762 on the western corner of the Main Square. It was built on the site of two or three earlier medieval houses, utilizing their foundations and some wall details. The street and courtyard wings of ... Read More

Remains of the Fisherman's Gate in Bratislava

Building, structure

The Fisherman's Gate is one of the four gates opening into the earliest fortifications of the city of Bratislava, which developed east of the Castle Hill. According to its function, it connected the city with the suburbs along the Danube, where artisans, fishermen and butchers li... Read More

Remains of St. James' Chapel

Building, structure

The remains of the former first parish church of the village of St. Lawrence, a satellite settlement in the northeast of Bratislava in the Middle Ages, were discovered in 1994 during the implementation of an electrical project. Archaeological research conducted here was able to d... Read More

Church and Convent of the Sisters of Notre-Dame in Bratislava

Building, structure

The very small, chapel-like Notre-Dame Church (Our Lady) is located in the Old Town. The building was built in 1754 in Baroque style. In the former convent - the foundation stone of which was laid on May 13, 1750 - Augustinian nuns lived and also ran an elementary school (still a... Read More

Governor's Palace

Building, structure

"Also worth mentioning is the financial directorate building on the corner of the Main Square and Ferenciek Square, which housed the royal and imperial governorship in the 18th century and later in the absolute period, which is why it was commonly called the Consiliaris House. In... Read More

Garzuli-Schilson house

Building, structure

"The old Garzuli, later Baron Schilson's house on the corner of the Main Square and Apponyi Street is also the property of the First Savings Bank today. It stands out with its monumentality, its monumental gate as the name suggests, and its base in a false rustic style, which lea... Read More

Zsigray Manor

Building, structure

The Zsigray Manor was built by the Viceroy of Bratislava, János Zsigray, in the 17th century. Later, the Zsigray Sül, a prayer house for Polish Hasidic Jews, operated here. The building was rebuilt several times, most recently in the Renaissance style. Since 1993, it has housed t... Read More

Jug Woman Fountain

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The city has had a drinking fountain on Franciscan Square in Bratislava for centuries. The current fountain was built in 1804 on the site of an earlier fountain decorated with a high-quality stone carving - a lion, which can now be seen in part in front of the Old Market Square. ... Read More

Emericanum

Building, structure

"The second building from the Royal Academy of Law on Káptalan Street is the Emericanum, a small seminary named after St. Imre. It was founded on January 26, 1642 (contrary to the inscription on the building: Seminarium S. Emerici Ducis MDCXLI) by Canon Imre Lósy of Bratislava (h... Read More