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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - St. Martin's Cathedral.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Graffiti and passers-by under the Nov? Most ( New Bridge; formerly Most SNP, Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - In a small street connecting the Church and the Monastery of the Poor Clares (Kostol Klarisiek); two men are holding a precious chandelier.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The New Bridge project destroying some 226 buildings in its construction, and mostly in the Jewish Quarter of the city. - One of the city's two synagogues was unceremoniously destroyed during construction of New Bridge (Nov? Most). A sacred Jewish burial ground, which houses the grave of the revered 19th century rabbi Chatam Sofer, but next to the bridge footings near the church of St Martins stands a lone Monument. The monument is called Pamataj which means Remember..

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - A statue of the French army soldier Napoleon, leaning on a bench right on the historical Main Square (Hlavne namestie). Napoleon’s armies attacked Bratislava twice and Napoleon himself has visited the city in 1809.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The old Slovak National Theatre and the Ganymede's fountain.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The "Duck fountain" in Safarikovo square.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Detail of architecture of the Reduta Palace, seat of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The SNP Square (Namestie SNP) has statues in memory of Slovenske Narodne Povstanie (Slovak National Uprising of 1944, for which the Square is named). These statues are considered a prominent flaw in the city by some of the locals, as it was built by communists, who claimed that the Uprising (against the WWII pro-Nazi Slovak government) was all done thanks to them.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Church of St. Elisabeth, (commonly known as Blue Church) is a Hungarian Secessionist Catholic church located in the eastern part of the Old Town in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II, who grew up in the Pressburg Castle (pozsonyi vár). It is called "Blue Church" because of the colour of its façade, mosaics, majolicas and blue-glazed roof.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - A statue of the French army soldier Napoleon, leaning on a bench right on the historical Main Square (Hlavne namestie). Napoleon’s armies attacked Bratislava twice and Napoleon himself has visited the city in 1809.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The "Comenius University" is the Slovakia’s biggest university. Most of its faculties are located in Bratislava. It was founded in the same time with the creation of the state Czechoslovakia in 1919. The university is named after Jan Amos Comenius, one of the most world famous Slovaks, a Czech teacher and philosopher from the 17th century. Comenius University has around 30,000 students and 2,000 faculty members. It is public university, mostly financed by the government. -

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The SNP square (Namestie SNP), one of the biggest squares of the city; a scene for many concerts and public protests.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Interior of the Trinitarian Church during a mass.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - A group of slovak teenagers. Like all adolescents of the world: fans and addicted of McDonald's, Internet.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Grassalkovich Palace is the residence of the president of Slovakia.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - We can find a lot of treasures in a seconhand goods and antiques shop. This one is located 3 Michalska Street & it's called the "Antik Starozitnosti".

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Nov? Most (formerly Most SNP, Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising) is a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the 32nd-tallest, and thus shortest, member of the World Federation of Great Towers, and is the only bridge to be a member. It is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge to have one pylon and one cable-stayed plane.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The old Slovak National Theatre.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Grassalkovich Palace is the residence of the president of Slovakia. It is situated on Hod?ovo námestie, near the Summer Archbishop's Palace.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Grassalkovich Palace : the residence of the president of Slovakia. It is situated on Hod?ovo námestie, near the Summer Archbishop's Palace.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Facing St. Martin's Cathedral, a Jewish Memorial Monument named "Pamataj!" (remember!); the New Bridge project destroying some 226 buildings in its construction, and mostly in the Jewish Quarter of the city. One of the city's two synagogues was unceremoniously destroyed during construction of New Bridge (Nov? Most). -

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Michael's Gate from Michalska Street(there is a museum of medieval fortification of Bratislava (Pressburg), (Pozsony), and arms located in the tower)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Panoramic view of Michael's gate; the SNP bridge (Novi Most) and St. Martin's Cathedral.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Austrian Embassy where Mozart lived and played many concerts.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - View of Michael's gate from Michalska street.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - In 1938, a statue of M. R. Stefanik was raised on the site of Maria Theresia`s monument, including a pylon with the sculpture of a lion holding the state coat of arms. (A lion is the Czech statehood symbol). The author of the monument was the prominent Czech sculptor Bohumil Kafka. According to the original design four pillars and four lions should have been there. Originally the lion should have been looking at the Danube and the country border, but because of tense international situation the diagonal version was at the end opted for.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - In the "Franciscan Square", some colourful and picturesque old carts for a touristic and romantic horse ride.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Devin Castle (Devinsky Hrad), Owing to its strategic position, the cliff (altitude of 212 meters) at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers was an ideal place for a fort.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Old Town Hall; a complex of buildings from the 14th century.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The old Slovak National Theatre Building consisting of 3 ensembles (opera, ballet and drama), a Neo-Renaissance theatre building in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, which formerly housed two of the theatre's ensembles (opera and ballet, drama was based elsewhere), and the theatre's large modern theatre building in Bratislava near the Danube, which opened on 14 April 2007. -

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Old Town Hall; a complex of buildings from the 14th century.It is the oldest city hall in the country and it is one of the oldest stone buildings still standing in Bratislava, with the tower being built approximately in 1370.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Mirbach Palace (a Rococo-style palace) in the Old Town.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Triniterian Church from Michael's gate.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - St. Catherine's chapel; built at the request of Cistercian monk Franti?ek of Colomba in 1311.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - We can find a lot of treasures in a seconhand goods and antiques shop. This one is located 3 Michalska Street & it's called the "Antik Starozitnosti".

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Safarikovo Namestie (square) and the Comenius University.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The Primatial Palace; (in the first floor of the builidng was witnessed by the signing of the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 between Napoleonic France and Hapsburg Austria after the battle at Austerlitz. King Ferdinand signed the document here on the abolition of serfdom in Hungary 1848.)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Michalska street from Michel's gate.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - One of the main roads of the city: Venturska street.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Bratislava at night. A new destination for the Clubbers and bars addicted. In that view, we can see the Michael's Gate, and the tower houses : location of the "Weapons of Bratislava City Museum".

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
Bratislava, the "discreet". -
29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Devin Castle (Devinsky Hrad), Owing to its strategic position, the cliff (altitude of 212 meters) at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers was an ideal place for a fort.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
Bratislava, the "discreet". -
29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - The New Bridge project destroying some 226 buildings in its construction, and mostly in the Jewish Quarter of the city. - One of the city's two synagogues was unceremoniously destroyed during construction of New Bridge (Nove Most). A sacred Jewish burial ground, which houses the grave of the revered 19th century rabbi Chatam Sofer, but next to the bridge footings near the church of St Martins stands a lone Monument. The monument is called Pamataj which means "Remember!"

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
Bratislava, the "discreet". -
29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Devin Castle (Devinsky Hrad). Owing to its strategic position, the cliff (altitude of 212 meters) at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers was an ideal place for a fort.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
Bratislava, the "discreet". -
29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Devin Castle (Devinsky Hrad), Owing to its strategic position, the cliff (altitude of 212 meters) at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers was an ideal place for a fort.

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Laurent Paillier / Le Pictorium -
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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Panorama of the city from the UFO café, at the top of Bratislava's New Bridge (85 metres above ground)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Bratislava castle from across the river Danube.

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - View of the Danube and Petr?alka (the largest borough of the city, situated on the right bank of the river Danube, it is home to approximately 150,000 people.)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Michalska street and Michael's Gate (the only gate of the city that has been preserved of the medieval fortifications and ranks among the oldest town buildings.)

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29/03/2012 - Slovakia / Bratislava / Bratislava - Statue of Juraj JANOSI an icon and famous Slovak Carpathian Highwayman. JANOSIK has been the main character of many Slovak legends, novels, poems, and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor.

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