Bratislava Region
Bratislava 1
Bratislava-Staré Mesto

Old Town

The Old Town of Bratislava is the historic center and one of the boroughs of , in the of . It is coextensive with the smallest Slovak administrative district by area, Bratislava I.
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  • Type: Suburb with 41,300 residents
  • Description: historic center and one of the boroughs of Bratislava
  • Also known as: “Old Town of Bratislava”, “Old Town, Bratislava”, “Stare Mesto”, and “Staré Mesto”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Slovak National Gallery and Bratislava Passenger Port.

Museum
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The is a network of galleries in . It has its headquarters in . The gallery was established by law on 29 July 1949.

Passenger ship terminal
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is a passenger ship terminal.

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is the main castle of , the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the , directly above the river, in the middle of Bratislava.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vnútorné mesto and Vydrica.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
is a historical part of , the capital of , situated around the hill. Today, it consists of the areas of Zuckermandel, Vydrica and the area above Židovská Street.

Old Town

Latitude
48.14059° or 48° 8′ 26″ north
Longitude
17.11233° or 17° 6′ 44″ east
Population
41,300
Elevation
248 metres (814 feet)
Open location code
8FWV44R6+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 530544350
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3057478
Wiki­data ID
Q1898406
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Old Town” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հին քաղաք”
  • Belarusian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Belarusian: “Стары горад”
  • Belarusian: “Старэ Места”
  • Chinese: “Vieille ville”
  • Chinese: “布拉提斯拉瓦老城”
  • Croatian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Croatian: “Stari grad”
  • Czech: “Bratislavské Staré Město”
  • Czech: “Staré Město Bratislava”
  • Czech: “Staré Mesto”
  • Czech: “Staré Město”
  • Dutch: “Oude Stad”
  • Dutch: “Staré Mesto”
  • Esperanto: “Malnova Urbo”
  • Esperanto: “Staré Mesto”
  • Estonian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Finnish: “Bratislavan vanhakaupunki”
  • French: “Staré Mesto (Bratislava)”
  • French: “Vieille ville de Bratislava”
  • French: “Vieille ville”
  • Georgian: “ძველი ბრატისლავა”
  • German: “Staré Mesto”
  • Hungarian: “Óváros (Pozsony)”
  • Hungarian: “Óváros Pozsonyban”
  • Hungarian: “Pozsony Óvárosa”
  • Hungarian: “Pozsony-Óváros”
  • Hungarian: “pozsonyi Óváros”
  • Hungarian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Tua Bratislava”
  • Japanese: “ブラチスラヴァ旧市街”
  • Korean: “스타레메스토”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vieille ville”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Staré Mesto”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Staré Mesto”
  • Norwegian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat vielha de Bratislava”
  • Polish: “Staré Mesto”
  • Polish: “Stare Miasto”
  • Russian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Russian: “Старый город Братиславы”
  • Russian: “Старый город”
  • Serbian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Serbian: “Старе Место”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Staré Mesto (Bratislava)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stare Mesto”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Slovak: “Bratislava – mestská časť Staré Mesto”
  • Slovak: “Staré Mesto”
  • Slovenian: “Staro mesto”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Vieja”
  • Turkish: “Eski Kent (Bratislava)”
  • Turkish: “Eski Kent”
  • Turkish: “Staré Mesto”
  • Ukrainian: “Staré Mesto”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе Місто (Братислава)”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе Місто”
  • Vietnamese: “Phố cổ Bratislava”

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