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Bratislava
The old city hall on the main square
The old city hall on the main square
The old city hall on the main square
Main square
Main square
Main square
Main square - French Embassy
Main square
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The Blue Church
The Blue Church is Bratislava's most attractive Art Nouveau building. The official name is the Church of St. Elizabeth (Slovak: Kostol svätej Alžbety). It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II, who grew up in the Pressburg Castle. The one-nave church was built in 1907-1908 in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style.
Presidential Palace
Also called Grassalkovich Palace, it is the residence of the President of Slovakia.
Changing of the guard
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View from the castle overlooking the city
The castle overlooking the city
The castle overlooking the city
The castle overlooking the city
The castle overlooking the city and St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
Trinity Church
Trinity Church
Trinity Church
Unidentified church
Unidentified church
Michael's Gate
Mayor's office
Mayor's office
Musem (old city hall in background)
Roof of the museum
Slovak National Theater
Slovak National Theater
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic
Ministry of Culture
Main Post Office - all these institutions had to be created when Czecholsvakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Slovak National Museum
Monument to the union of the Czechs and Slovaks into Czechoslavakia in 1918 -
later it seemed that the Czechs could not wait to get rid of the Slovaks
Slovak National Art Gallery
The so-called "UFO" bridge
Art nouveau sundial
University building
Sculpture of the "skirt watcher"
University library
University library
Doen't this look like the set of a 1960's East European-based spy movie?