Bratislava Sights

  1. Holocaust Memorial

    Cross under the Staromestská highway to the pedestrian old town and there's a small Holocaust Memorial near where the old synagogue once stood.

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  2. Mirbach Palace

    Mirbach Palace, built in 1770, is a beautifully restored rococo building housing older baroque art.

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  3. Mozart House

    In 1762 six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed at a Pálffy family residence generally known today as Mozart house.

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  4. Palace of the Royal Chamber

    Palace of the Royal Chamber. Now a university library, it was formerly the seat of the Hungarian parliament, or diet, from 1802-48. At the last meeting held there, town deputy Ľudovít Štúr spoke out for Slovak rights and the elimination of serfdom.

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  5. Pálffy Palace

    Pálffy Palace, is a pre-1715 house built on the site of a 13th-century structure and contains a mix of 19th- and 20th-century Slovak art.

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  6. Primate's Palace

    One of Slovakia's finest neoclassical buildings, the Primate's Palace is topped with a 150kg cast-iron bishop's hat. Napoleon and the Austrian emperor Franz I signed the Treaty of Pressburg on 26 December 1805 here in the Hall of Mirrors. The 17th-century English tapestries on display in the 2nd-floor gallery were found hidden under wallpaper during a 1903 reconstruction.

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  7. Slavín War Memorial

    On Slavín Hill, northwest of the old town, stand a cemetery and garden with fine views over the city. Towering over them is the Slavín War Memorial, an enormous pillar erected in 1960 in memory of the 6000 Soviet soldiers who died pushing the Nazis out of West Slovakia.

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