Presidential Palace
Rococo summer palace with a formal staircase and public gardens, now the head of state's residence.
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This guide to the Presidential Palace in Bratislava follows Count Antal Grassalkovich, an eighteenth-century nobleman from minor gentry who rose to run the finances of the Kingdom of Hungary. It starts in the years after the Ottoman retreat, when he was handed the job of settling who owned the reclaimed countryside, and it touches Maria Theresa, a country estate near Pest and the music of Joseph Haydn. Best heard from the square facing the front gate.
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