Historic Cities
Walk Bratislava in 1740
AI rebuilds Pressburg (Pozsony; modern Bratislava) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk
Pressburg — Coronation City, 1740
Pressburg in 1740 stands as the ceremonial coronation city of the Hungarian kingdom, its cathedral and castle the visible signs of royal ritual and noble power. The walk follows the Danube approach, a floating bridge and the procession route through Michael's Gate to Saint Martin's crowned spire, passing magnates' palaces, market squares, riverside quays and the vineyards rising onto the Little Carpathians.
35 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Bratislava as it stood in 1740 (“History of Bratislava”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Devín Approach
- 2. Danube Approach
- 3. Pontoon Bridge
- ↳ Pontoon Toll House · interior
- 4. Riverside Quay
- ↳ Customs Counting Room · interior
- 5. Michael's Gate
- ↳ Gate Guardroom Beneath Tower · interior
- 6. Michalská Street
- 7. Main Square (Hauptplatz)
- ↳ Main Square Merchant Hall · interior
- 8. Old Town Hall
- ↳ Council Chamber of the Old Hall · interior
- 9. Approach to St Martin's
- 10. St. Martin's Cathedral
- ↳ Nave Prepared for Coronation · interior
- ↳ Cathedral Sacristy · interior
- 11. Coronation Route
- 12. Castle Street (Zámocká)
- ↳ Coach Stable and Workshop · interior
- 13. Pálffy Palace
- ↳ Palffy Palace Ballroom · interior
- 14. Magnate Palace Row
- ↳ Magnate Dining Saloon · interior
- 15. Town Walls and Bastions
- 16. Little Carpathian Vineyards
- 17. Vintners' Track
- ↳ Vintner's Stone Cellar · interior
- 18. Fish Market (Rybný trh)
- ↳ Covered Fish Market Hall · interior
- 19. River Ferries
- 20. Lower Town Lanes
- 21. Castle Terrace Overlook
- ↳ State Audience Chamber · interior
- ↳ Castle Private Chapel · interior