Bratislava Castle
Hilltop four-towered palace above the Danube, rebuilt from Gothic and Baroque layers after a ruinous fire.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Bratislava Castle goes back to the fourteen-thirties, when Sigismund of Luxembourg turned the hilltop into a building site for an imperial residence. It follows the people who did the work: the German experts, the master builder Konrad von Erlingen, and a crew of hundreds digging and walling on the summit. Best heard in the courtyard, near the old Sigismund Gate.
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