Primate's Palace

The Primate's Palace (Slovak: Primacialny palác ) was built in Bratislava from 1778 to 1781 as the residence of Cardinal József Batthyány, the Primate of Hungary, according to the plans of architect Melchior Hefele. At this place was each other since at least 1370, the official residence of the bishop. In the Turkish wars in 1543 to the Archbishop of Gran ( Esztergom ) had to flee here.

The statues on the parapet represent the virtues, a 150- kilogram cardinal's hat is on the top of the tympanum. The angel on the front and hold the letter C and I. They illustrate the motto of Cardinal: Justice (Latin: justitia ) and quality ( clementia ).

In the Hall of Mirrors of classical Primate Johann I Josef of Liechtenstein, Ignácz Gyulay and Charles -Maurice de Talleyrand, signed on December 26, 1805 the fourth Peace of Pressburg, which Austria lost among other Tyrol and Dalmatia.

In the palace, today the urban art gallery is housed. Attention should be paid six tapestries from the 1630s with depictions of Hero and Leander from the Greek mythology. 1903, the palace was sold by the Archbishop of the city. The rehabilitation works were discovered previously unknown tapestries.

The bars on the windows of the palace included swastikas behind each disc. This affects many tourists mostly strange.