Hlavné námestie (literally "Main Square") is one of the most well known squares in
Bratislava
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,
Slovakia
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. It is located in the
Old Town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...
and it is often considered to be the center of the city.
Some of the main landmarks found in the square are the
Old Town Hall
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
and
Roland Fountain
The Roland Fountain (sometimes referred to as ''Maximilian Fountain''; or ''Maximiliánova fontána'') is the most famous fountain in Bratislava, Slovakia, as well as one of the city's important landmarks. It is located in the Old Town, in the ...
.
Name
During the Second World War, this square was named in honor of
Adolf Hitler.
During the
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
period (1948–1989), the square was named ''Námestie 4. apríla'' (literally ''4 April Square'', April 4 having been the day when Bratislava was liberated by the
Red Army at the end of
World War II). Earlier names were sk,
Hitlerovo namestie (1939–1945), sk, Masarykovo namestie, hu, Ferenc József tér (1914), hu, Fő tér, german: Hauptplatz (1879), german: Franz Joseph-Platz (1850), la, Forum civitatis (1668), german: Ring (1434), german: Markcht (1404), la, Forum (1373).
Gallery
File:Bratislava - Hlavné námestie (radnica).jpg, Old Town Hall
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
File:Rudolf von Alt - Der Hauptplatz in Pressburg - 1843.jpeg, The square in 1843
File:Palác Uhorskej eskontnej a zmenárenskej banky.jpg, Palace of the Hungarian exchange bank (''Uhorská eskontná a zmenárenská banka'')
File:Slovakia Bratislava 81.jpg, Christmas fair takes place each year on the square from the end of November until the end of December
File:Bratislava Palugyayov palác 03.jpg, Palugyay Palace, Viktor Rumpelmayer, 1882-1883
File:Japanese Embassy in Bratislava (Pressburg, Pozsony).JPG, Japanese Embassy at Hlavné námestie
File:French Embassy Bratislava 6250544.JPG, French Embassy at Hlavné námestie
References
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Squares in Bratislava