Freedom Square
Vast open square with a giant stainless-steel linden blossom fountain and government palace.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Freedom Square in Bratislava follows Ján Bahýľ, an army officer and inventor who patented a wingless flying machine under Emperor Franz Joseph and built it in a workshop that made horse carriages. It weighs the city's claim about where he left the ground against what the records actually say. Along the way it touches the square's years as Gottwald Square and the giant linden blossom at its centre, so start at the fountain's rim.
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