Trenčín castle was built over a settlement site that had existed from the Bronze Age through times of Celts and Germanic tribes to the Slavic settlement. More about Trenčín castle.
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- Sights in the historical center
The Renaissance Parish stairway was built in 1568 as a defence passageway serving the members of the city art's guilds to defend city walls ranging from the St. Michael's Carner to the castle.
At the same time it also served as an access road to the City armory, built in 1565 next to the carner. The stairway was damaged by fires in the years 1708, 1790 and 1886.
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It is situated on Farska Street before Parish stairs and is made from stone. St John Nepomuk who kneeling on a cloud is dressed in sacral garments. At his feet there is an angel on knees.
Foto: Daša Bezáková
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- Churches, Cloisters, Pilgrimages
Built in 1324, on the foundation of a 13th. century building, the church is a three-nave Basilica-type structure with a simple right-angle presbytery and a protruding-front-positioned tower on the west side.
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Except for Trencin castle, it is the only substantially undamaged Gothic building in the City. The Carner was built in the second half of the 15th century as a bone house (kostnica), near the Parish church.
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- Galleries, Museums
The house dates back to 1580 and can be seen in the oldest vista of Trenčín. In the 17th century, according to folk legend, it served as the City’s executioner’s home as well as a prison. More likely the house received its name during the 19th century, when the City pandour purportedly lived there.
- Sights in the historical center
- Galleries, Museums
The museum originally served as a the city palace of the Ilešházis and is located near the Upper city gate. Built in the 17th. century, late Baroque adjustments were made to the palace in 1760 -1764.
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The most important Roman epigraphic monument in Central Europe north of the Dunaj (Danube) river, preserved „in situ“. In the last third of the 2nd Century, the invasion of Germanic tribes of Marcomanni and Quadi started one of the most dangerous conflicts between the Roman empire and tribes of the Danube river.
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Built by baron Armin Popper in 1901 in line with elements of the Secession style, according to a design by E. Bleier. The building was erected on the site of an older inn called At the Red Star. The hotel was named after the emperor Francis Joseph’s wife Elizabeth „ Erzsébet“ (today‘s cafe Sissi bears her name ).
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- Memorials and memorial plagues
In 1915-1916, the Relief of the Victorious Hungaria was carved in the castle rock as a symbol of heroism of the former Ugria.
