Petržalka
Vast communist-era panel housing estate across the Danube, its blocks repainted in bright colours.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Petržalka, the vast panel-block district across the Danube from Bratislava's Old Town, is about the village that stood here before the towers: its family houses, orchards and gardens, and the people who lived in them. It spans the communist-era building drive that began in the early nineteen seventies and the colour the blocks wear today. Best heard beside any of the painted apartment blocks, close enough to touch the wall.
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