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Town Walls

Hradby
Town Walls
Hradby
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Settlement:
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.335067, 17.313019
Google map:

History

The walls of the town were built between 1610 and 1646 after the town was granted the status of free royal town by King Rudolf I of Hungary in 1607. It had 3 gates. Only the northern Upper Gate, some short sections of the wall and a round bastion that was turned into a pub was preserved by now.

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