Bratislava Castle is a rectangular castle on a rocky hill above the Danube in the Slovak capital. The hill was fortified since prehistoric times, with Celtic, Roman and Great Moravian settlements, and a stone castle stood there in the Middle Ages. In the 1430s King Sigismund of Luxembourg had the castle rebuilt and strengthened. After the Ottomans took Buda in 1541, Bratislava, then Pressburg, became the Hungarian capital and coronation city, and the castle was redone in Renaissance style and later became a royal residence under Maria Theresa. It burned down in 1811 and stood as a ruin until reconstruction in the 20th century. Today it houses parts of the Slovak National Museum and is a symbol of the city.
Before and after
- from 1427 to 1864Circassia
- 8 May 1429Joan of Arc relieves Orleans
- 1 January 1431Birth of Alexander VI
- 1431Construction of Šibenik Cathedral
- 1431Construction of Bratislava Castle
- 30 May 1431Death of Joan of Arc
- 1432Ghent Altarpiece
- 30 March 1432Birth of Mehmed II
- 1434Construction of Malmö Castle
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The era
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