Bratislava Castle, Bratislava Region

Bratislava Castle - details and images

Romanian to English translation
One of the most prominent structures in the city is Bratislava Castle, on a plateau 85 m above the Danube.

Castle hill site has been inhabited since the transition period from the Stone Age and Bronze Age, and the acropolis of a Celtic town, then made part of the Roman limes was a large Slavic settlement, then a political, military and Great Moravian religious.

A stone castle was not built until the tenth century, when the region fell under the influence of the Kingdom of Hungary. The castle was transformed into a Gothic anti-Hussite fortress during the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg, in 1430, subsequently becoming Renaissance castle in 1562, and was rebuilt in Baroque style in 1649. During the reign of Maria Theresa, the castle became a prestigious royal seat. In 1811 the castle was destroyed and remained in ruins until the 1950s when it was largely rebuilt in the style Theresan.

Castle site includes the following:

Castle building (Palace)
Building the castle includes four towers (one in each corner) and a courtyard with a 80 meter deep well. The largest tower is the Crown Tower in the south east, built in the thirteenth century, which housed the crown jewels. The exterior walls and interior corridors containing fragments of Gothic and Renaissance design elements. To the east of the main entrance, one can see the entrance gate built in the sixteenth century. Behind the entrance hall there is an arched ceiling, and then some big baroque staircase leading to exhibitions of the Slovak National Museum (Slovenské národní Museum). Part sudestice left side of the building houses four halls of Treasure House (opened in 1988), a collection of the most important archaeological finds and other items found in Slovakia, including prehistoric statue entitled "Venus Moravany. The third floor houses the exhibition "History of Slovakia." The first floor of the southeast side of the building houses rooms Slovak Parliament - National Council of the Slovak Republic - including furniture from the sixteenth century. The northern part of the building - the former Baroque chapel houses the music room, where concerts are held. Court includes entry into Knights Hall.

Entry port site
Sigismund Gate in the south-east, the original site the best preserved, built in XV century
South Gate Vienna vestin the south-west, built in 1712
Nicholas Gate in the north-east, built in the sixteenth century

Other buildings and objects
The west building castle (see picture), recently reconstructed building is Hillebrandt, which was built in 1762 and destroyed by fire in 1811. Court of Honor is a space before entering the castle. It was created in the late eighteenth century. Behind the gate in front of the castle and Sigismund, there Leopold Court, the seventeenth century, with bastions.

To the east of the castle building is the basilica constellation of Great Moravia (ninth century), Church of St. Salvator (XI century) and other early medieval objects. Archaeological findings are true even under that constellation.

In the north-east of the castle building, near Gate Nicholas is Lugiland Bastion (which was a gate in the fifteenth century Gothic), a long building in the seventeenth century (today a building of the Slovak National Council) , and a baroque-style barn (now a famous restaurant). An English park is located south of the barn. The entire northern border of the site consists of a castle long baroque building from the eighteenth century, which today houses the Slovak National Museum and government palace.

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