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  2. Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Bratislava, [a] (German: Pressburg, Hungarian: Pozsony [b]) is the capital and largest city of the Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all cities on the River Danube. ...

  3. Slovak Americans - Wikipedia

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    Isaacus Ferdinand Šaroši was the first known immigrant from the territory of present-day Slovakia, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary.Šaroši arrived in the religious colony of Germantown, Pennsylvania, founded by Mennonite preacher Francis Daniel Pastorius, to serve as a teacher and a preacher.

  4. Old Town, Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Bratislava's Old Town is known for its many churches, the Bratislava Riverfront and cultural institutions, it is also the location of most of the foreign states embassies and important Slovak institutions including the National Council of the Slovak Republic; the Summer Archbishop's Palace, seat of the Government of Slovakia; and Grassalkovich ...

  5. History of Slovakia - Wikipedia

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    The decision originated amongst people of Slovak descent in foreign countries. Slovaks in the United States of America, an especially numerous group, formed a sizable organization. These, and other organizations in Russia and in neutral countries, backed the idea of a Czecho-Slovak republic. Slovaks strongly supported this move.

  6. History of Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony, German: Preßburg/Pressburg), currently the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, has existed for about a thousand years. . Because of the city's strategic geographical location, it was an important European hub due to its proximity to the advanced cultures of the Mediterranean and the Orient as well as its link to the rest of Europe, which were ...

  7. Tourism in Slovakia - Wikipedia

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    More than 5 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, [1] and the most attractive destinations are the capital of Bratislava and the High Tatras. [2] Most foreign visitors come from the Czech Republic (about 26 percent), Poland (15 percent) and Germany (11 percent). [3] The majority of all visitors are Slovak (60 percent or about three million).

  8. Michael's Gate - Wikipedia

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    During the coronation of 19 Hungarian kings (1563–1830) in Bratislava (Pressburg, Pozsony), the ruler would enter with his coronation entourage by way of the Vydrica Gate, get crowned at St. Martin's Cathedral and one of the stops following the coronation during the procession through the town was the stop at St. Michael's Gate, where the new ...

  9. Bratislava Region - Wikipedia

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    The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.