St. Martin's Cathedral
Gothic coronation church of Hungarian kings, its tall spire topped by a gilded replica crown.
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This guide to St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava follows the summer of seventeen forty-one, when Maria Theresa came to the Habsburg coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary to take the Holy Crown. It touches the rituals of Pressburg's coronation centuries, from the sword of Saint Stephen to a hill built of the kingdom's own soil. Best heard on the square outside, where you can see the tower and the pavement at once.
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