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Bratislava Castle

Bratislava Castle is the dominant rectangular hilltop fortress above the Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia, with four corner towers and a large central courtyard. The complex contains gates, bastions and multiple wings that today house museum exhibitions and state rooms.

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First raised

1431

Its prime

1780

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1780

The shape it held in its prime.

A massive white rectangular four-storey stone building with a red-tiled steep roof and four corner towers (the tallest, the Crown Tower, on the southwest corner). Regular rows of rectangular windows puncture the smooth white façades. A broad paved forecourt (the Yard of Honor) and low gate pavilions sit before the central arched entrance. The castle stands on a rocky hill with visible stone retaining walls, overlooking the city and the Danube.

Step inside

12 places to explore in 1780.

The record describes 12 distinct spots at Bratislava Castle — including 4 interiors: entrance arcade and forecourt corridor, baroque staircase and museum entrance (second floor), treasure chamber — west wing (second floor) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Yard of Honor — main approach and forecourtEntrance arcade and forecourt corridorCourtyard — entrance to the Knights' HallCrown Tower (southwest corner)Sigismund Gate (southeast)Vienna Gate (southwest)Nicholas Gate and Lugiland Bastion (northeast)F. A. Hillebrandt building (west wing)Baroque staircase and museum entrance (second floor)Treasure Chamber — west wing (second floor)Music Hall — former Baroque chapel (north wing)Great Moravian basilica constellation (site marking east of castle)

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