Old Town
Medieval quarter of winding lanes, squares and churches, marked by centuries of Danube floods.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Old Town of Bratislava follows the Danube, the river you cannot see from its lanes, and a town that spent centuries keeping watch on it. It moves from a small plaque on the Old Town Hall to fifteenth-century account books kept in German and Latin, where bridge masters, ferrymen and ice-cutters turn up on the payroll. Best heard on Main Square, facing the Old Town Hall.
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Medieval town hall with a Baroque tower, a lodged Napoleonic cannonball and the city museum inside.
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