Bratislava Castle

Bratislava Castle 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.
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Wikipedia
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—10:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Europe

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Moravian Basilica in Bratislava and Baroque garden.

Archaeological site
Photo: Lure, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Moravian Basilica in was a Great Moravian church from 9th century at the hillfort, in the area of current Bratislava Castle.

Garden
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Castle
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vydrica and Podhradie.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Bratislava Castle

Latitude
48.14267° or 48° 8′ 34″ north
Longitude
17.10046° or 17° 6′ 2″ east
Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)
Operator
Kancelária Národnej Rady SR
Open location code
8FWV44V2+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1128350263
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7521878
Wiki­data ID
Q593311
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Bratislava Castle” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kështjella e Bratisllavës”
  • Arabic: “قلعة براتيسلافا”
  • Aragonese: “Castiello de Bratislava”
  • Armenian: “Բրատիսլավայի ամրոց”
  • Bashkir: “Братислава грады”
  • Basque: “Bratislavako gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Браціслаўскі Град”
  • Belarusian: “Браціслаўскі замак”
  • Bulgarian: “Братиславски замък”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Bratislava”
  • Chinese: “布拉迪斯拉发城堡”
  • Croatian: “Bratislavski dvorac”
  • Czech: “Bratislavský hrad”
  • Danish: “Bratislava Slot”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Bratislava”
  • Esperanto: “Bratislava burgo”
  • Estonian: “Bratislava linnus”
  • Finnish: “Bratislavan linna”
  • French: “château de Bratislava”
  • French: “Château de Bratislava”
  • Georgian: “ბრატისლავის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Bratislaský Hrad”
  • German: “Bratislavaer Burg”
  • German: “Burg Bratislava”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Μπρατισλάβα”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Μπρατισλάβας”
  • Hebrew: “טירת ברטיסלאבה”
  • Hungarian: “pozsonyi vár”
  • Hungarian: “Pozsonyi vár”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Bratislava”
  • Italian: “castello di Bratislava”
  • Italian: “Castello di Bratislava”
  • Japanese: “ブラチスラヴァ城”
  • Korean: “브라티슬라바 성”
  • Korean: “브라티슬라바성”
  • Latvian: “Bratislavas pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Bratislavos pilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bratislava slott”
  • Norwegian: “Bratislava slott”
  • Persian: “قلعه براتیسلاوا”
  • Polish: “Zamek Bratysławski”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Bratislava”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Bratislava”
  • Russian: “Братиславский град”
  • Russian: “Братиславский Град”
  • Serbian: “Замак Братислава”
  • Slovak: “Bratislavský hrad”
  • Slovenian: “Bratislavski grad”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Bratislava”
  • Swedish: “Bratislava slott”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทบราติสลาวา”
  • Turkish: “Bratislava Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Братиславський Град”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Bratislava”

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