Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
Gothic former convent church with a five-sided hanging tower, now an intimate concert hall.
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This guide to the former Poor Clares church on Klariská street in Bratislava starts with a Gothic tower that breaks the rules of how towers are supposed to stand. It follows the building from medieval nuns to an imperial decree, and into the years when the old convent was a grammar school with two musically gifted pupils. Best heard inside the nave, facing the old organ.
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