Nitra castle

The central dominant of the oldest Slovak town Nitra is the Nitra Castle, built on the site of a powerful Slavic fortress, the seat of the princes of Nitra and rulers of Great Moravia. Today it is the seat of the Nitra diocese. It was built in the 11th century and consists of several building units. The core is a cathedral with the adjacent residence of the bishop. The originally Gothic bishop's palace, next to the bishop's cathedral, received its late Baroque form in the first half of the 18th century. Visitors to the castle will also be interested in the outer fortifications, the oldest parts of which date back to the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Legendary is especially the Vazil Tower, with which the legend of the capture of the Hungarian prince Vazul is connected.

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