BRATISLAVABoris Marton & Martin Koroš

LOCATION- south-west - Hungary and Austria- Dunaj- 367,661 km²- 417 389 residents

HISTORY15-25 mil years ago - Pliopitheca

14-10 mil years ago – tooth Griphopithecus suessi

Stone age – fist rings

400-50 bk – Celts.

1-5 century – Romans, Germans.

6-8 century – Slovans

HISTORY623-658 Samo's empire

833-907 Nitra's principality, part of Great Morava

907 first dates

907-1918 part Of Hungary

1291 royal borough

1436 coat of arms

HISTORY1536-1784 capital of Hungary

1543-1820 Ostrihom's archbishop

Since 18. century – center of SNO

1711 plague epidemi

1891 first bridge

1939 capital of Slovakia

WHY IS BRATISLAVA CAPITAL CITY?•Coronation city

•Infrastructure

•River Danube

•Railway

•1918 – 70 000 residents

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

•St. Martin‘s Cathedral – coronations of hungarian kings

•Crown of st. Stephen

•nearby Nový Most bridge

SLOVAK NATIONAL THEATRE

•Oldest

•Opera, ballet and drama

•Neo-Renaissance

•1920 after the creation of Czechoslovakia

GRASSALKOVICH PALACE•Residendence of president

•Hodžovo námestie

•Rococo/late Baroque

•1760 – Antal Grassalkovich

•Joseph Haydn

BRATISLAVA CASTLE

•Main castle in Bratislava

•Massive rectangular building

•On an isolated rocky hill

•Dominant feature

•Crown tower

SOURCES:

http://www.vajnory.sk/uploaded/mapa%20mc.jpg

http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava#Dejiny

http://blog.sme.sk/blog/24790/326837/ErbBratislavyFarebny.jpg

http://ipravda.sk/res/2014/04/10/thumbs/stary-most-dunaj-bratislava_01-nestandard1.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Bratislava

http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedr%C3%A1la_sv%C3%A4t%C3%A9ho_Martina_%28Bratislava%29#/media/File:Katedr%C3%A1la_sv._Martina055.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Bratislava#/media/File:Cathedral_of_St._Martin_in_Bratislava,_overview.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_National_Theatre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_National_Theatre#/media/File:Slovak_National_Theatre_in_Bratislava_-_Old_building.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_%28Slovakia%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava_Castle#/media/File:Crown,_Sword_and_Globus_Cruciger_of_Hungary2.jpg

http://www.projects.aegee.org/suct/su2014/images/SUs/BRL1_1_nocnabratislava.jpg

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