Bratislava

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St Martin's Cathedral, Coronation Church, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Europe

St Martin's Cathedral, Coronation Church, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Europe

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Slovakia's capital since the country's independence in 1993, Bratislava is a mosaic of illustrious history: a medieval and Gothic old town, baroque palaces commissioned by Hungarian nobles, and the crowning castle, rebuilt to Renaissance finery. Slicing through the city are stark-angled, communist-era blocks and a futurist bridge.

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