OLD TOWN, BRATISLAVA

The 'Old Town' of Bratislava () is the historic center and one of the boroughs of Bratislava, in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It is identical to the smallest Slovak administrative district (okres) by area 'Bratislava I'.

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Basic data

Characteristics

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Basic data

★ Area: 9.59 km².

★ Population (2001): 44,798

★ Population density: 4 686/km²

★ Parts: no official parts

Characteristics

As its name suggests, the district houses many of Slovakia's central government institutions and Bratislava's central institutions, as well as many of Bratislava's historic monuments.
The western part of the district is made up of a hilly area featuring the Slavín monument, Horský park (literally ''Mountain(ous) Park''), many detached houses and most of the foreign embassies in Slovakia. The hilly area ends in the south at the Danube with the Chatam Sófer memorial and the Bratislava Castle hill, and in the west at the Prague-Budapest motorway.
The eastern section is the actual city historic and administrative center. Notable buildings and spaces include the Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava's Town Hall, St. Martin's Cathedral, Michael's Gate, the Primate's Palace, Comenius University, the main railway station (''Hlavná stanica''), the Slovak National Theatre (both the old and new sites), the New Bridge, SNP Square, the Main Square (''Hlavné námestie''), Hviezdoslav Square (''Hviezdoslavovo námestie''), Kamenné námestie (''Stony Square''), Obchodná ulica (a commercial street, an equivalent to the High Street in the United Kingdom or Ireland), and many other old churches and palaces.

External links

★ Official website

Gallery