Old Town Hall (Bratislava)

The Old Town Hall in the Old Town of Bratislava is one of the oldest stone-built building in the city.

It has to a colorful tiled roof and was originally a Gothic building from the 14th century ( first mentioned in 1370 ). It is right on the main square and next to them is the Maximilian fountain or Roland, the oldest fountain in the city by 1572. In the courtyard of the Town Hall there is a cannon ball, which was allegedly shot by Napoleon's troops there.

The originally as the residence of the " Judge Jacob " (first mentioned 1370 ) built house served from 1434, after it had been acquired by the city in two stages, 1388-1421, as a city hall. The left tower was built subsequent to the 13th century in Gothic style. After the acquisition of the Pawer - house was ( Slow Pawerov dom ) in 1442 to expand the town hall, the whole complex was rebuilt in the style of late Gothic architecture. As part of this restructuring also an underpass was built. The next reconstruction in the Renaissance style took place in the mid-16th century; In 1591 the city acquired the adjacent single Unger House ( Slow Ungerov dom ). The tower was damaged in a 1586 earthquake.

After a fire in 1733 it was decided to rebuild the city hall in baroque style. Since the whole complex was no longer adequate to the requirements in the 19th century, the city bought in 1867, the 1761-62 built Apponyis palace on the south side of the Old Town Hall; the old building they had then, which was founded a year later City Museum, now called City Museum Bratislava. The last major construction took place in 1911-12 when they were building a new building of historicizing south and the east wing of the courtyard.

In the years 2005-2007 restoration works were carried out; while archaeological excavations took place, provided the new insights into the La Tène period and the assumed here Celtic settlement oppidum.