Bratislava - Picture Tour I. |
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Bratislava's coat-of-arms.
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The Castle
 Built on the Castle Hill it dominates the center of Bratislava and its four towers became a symbol of the city. Area of the Castle was inhabited from neolitic Hallstadt and Roman eras. First mentioned in 907. It reached its highest importance during the reign of Austro-Hungarian Queen Maria Theresa. In 1761-66 the fortress was rebuilt into a typical royal residence. More about the castle you can find in a Slovak-English publication Pribeh hradu / The Story of the Castle in Bratislava.
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  The Castle was destroyed by a fire in 1811. It was in ruins until 1950ties and then after reconstruction sheltered a historical part of the Slovak National Museum. The Castle was also a residence of the President of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Parliament resides in a new building nearby. From 2008 the Castle is reconstructed again.
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 The Castle from the Petrzalka, a part of Bratislava located on the right bank of the Danube River.
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 A view from the Castle - the Novy most and Petrzalka.
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 On the way to the Castle. Beblaveho Street.
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 The Museum of Historic Clocks is located in the House at the Good Shepherd (at right side of the picture).
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| September 16, 2009
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