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1994 - Bratislava Forest Park [12] and Museum of Carpathian German Culture established. [6] 1995 - Evangelical Church opens. 1998 Jozef Moravčík becomes mayor. Bratislava-Petržalka railway station rebuilt. 1999 International Film Festival Bratislava begins. Bratislava Transport Museum opens. 2000 - Polus City Center shopping mall opens.
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 ...
Bratislava's geographical position in Central Europe has long made Bratislava a crossroads for international trade traffic. [189] [190] Various ancient trade routes, such as the Amber Road and the Danube waterway, have crossed territory of present-day Bratislava. Today, Bratislava is a road, railway, waterway and airway hub. [191]
Between 930 and 940, larger groups of Magyars began to migrate to the southern parts of today's Slovakia, but did not cross the line Bratislava, Hlohovec, Nitra, Levice, Lučenec, Rimavská Sobota. The territory affected by this early migration covers about 15% of today's Slovakia (7,500 km 2).
Today, Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament and the Slovak Executive. It has several universities, and many museums, theatres, galleries and other cultural and educational institutions. [14]
Bratislava fortifications; Clarissine Church (Bratislava) Franciscan Church, Bratislava; Laurinc Gate; Template:Medieval Bratislava; Michael's Gate; Old Town Hall (Bratislava) Rusovce Mansion; Saint James's Chapel, Bratislava; St Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava
Construction of the medieval fortifications in Bratislava (known as Pressburg / Pozsony for most of its history, when belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary) started in the 13th century. By the end of the 14th century, there were three gates leading to the town: the Michael's Gate (north), Vydrica Gate (west), and Laurinc Gate (east). [ 2 ]
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