The town is situated in fertile plain of Trnava range hills, 50 km from the capital city Bratislava. The surroundings of Trnava was colonized already from the 8th century by the Slavs. The first written reference about Trnava is from 1211. The name of the town derives from the markets, that they carried out of Saturday (in German Tyrnau and the Hungarian Szombat) Trnava as the first town in Slovakia (and as the second town in Hungary) was granted by the Hungarian King Belo IV free royal privileges in 1238. In the second half of the 13th century the citizens have built the first town fortifications and more late the stone fortifications with the ramparts and four gates in order to defend their property.

The town of Trnava was also the town of important encounter and agreements between the monarchs. The king Luis I of Anjou was built here the real court ("curia regia") and thanks to him were built many gothic buildings.

The importance of the town grew above all in the 16th century, when in 1543 the archbishops of Esztergom with their diocese have transferred themselves threaten by the Turkish danger. Trnava became the coronation town of the Hungarian kings and also the spiritual, religious and cultural center. In the XVII century it was "written" a chapter of golden history of Trnava, when the cardinal Peter Pazmany founded in 1635 the Trnava University, and became quite soon a well-known university town in all Europe. But this period not last to a long time. After that the Turks were repelled, the town began loser its importance and in 1777 the empress Maria Theresa made transfer the university to Buda.

In the years 1792-97 Trnava became a center of the Slovak National Awakening and Anton Bernolak established here the main stand of Slovak Educational Craftsmanship (Slovenske ucene tovarisstvo). Bernolak has been the codifier of first Slovak literary language based on the dialect of Trnava. Trnava comes called also a "Little Rome" because of the characteristic complex of university buildings and the many present churches in town.

Trnava has app. 70.000 inhabitants :-)))

http://www.trnava.sk/en/images/pamiatky_mala_en.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava18.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava1.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava10.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava11.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava12.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnav.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava21.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava3.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava4.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava5.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/trnava7.jpg

http://www.slovakiatravels.com/img/big/Trnava00.jpg

Peter, Trnava centre, not only historical one is a very compact one. For me was the shopping street near the historical centre, combining the old and new architecture a fine experience.

More pictures from the Trnava:

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/11.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/14.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/15.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/19.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/2.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/27.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/3.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/30.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/36.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/37.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/4.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/42.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/47.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/5.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/6.JPG

http://www.trnava.sk/budovy/7.JPG

I don't like Slovakia and Slovakians

I don't like Slovakia and Slovakians

why?

I don't like Slovakia and Slovakians

:wtf:

If you don't like Slovakia, then keep your opinion for yourself and don't post here!

:wtf:

If you don't like Slovakia, then keep your opinion for yourself and don't post here!

well, he can have his opinion... that´s fine, we cant have only "one right" opinion, but now I´m curious why?... I know, that you can find "good" and "bad" peole all around the world... but still, why? what has happened? hmm

well, he can has his opinion... that´s fine, we cant have only "one right" opinion, but now I´m curious why?... I know, that you can find "good" and "bad" peole all around the world... but still, why? what has happened? hmm

Maybe you are threat to world peace :D

I agree with you, he can have his opinion, but it is ridiculous to say "I don like this or that country" without any explanation. It is better to keep quiet, than to say something foolish.

well, he can has his opinion... that´s fine, we cant have only "one right" opinion, but now I´m curious why?... I know, that you can find "good" and "bad" peole all around the world... but still, why? what has happened? hmm

Because of this psychopath Wicky, every topic that involves Turkey he says ridiculous things, like even Iran has better highways than Turkey etc.... he is a troll...... I got the feeling that Slowakians are racists and ignorant, but I hope to get to know nice Slovakians, maybe some of you :)

What would you say if I said "even Iran is better than Slovakia" all the time?

Maybe you are threat to world peace :D


specially now during the Bush-Putin Summit in Bratislava :-))

Because of this psychopath Wicky, every topic that involves Turkey he says ridiculous things, like even Iran has better highways than Turkey etc.... he is a troll...... I got the feeling that Slowakians are racists and ignorant, but I hope to get to know nice Slovakians, maybe some of you :)

well... i dont understand this... how you can conclude that you dont like Slovakia, when you havent been here? bcs of one man writing something? I know, it´s hard to read not nice things about your country (bcs for everyone is the best and most beautiful country his motherland)...

anyway, i´ll do my best to show you, that Slovakia is nice country :)

btw we have to turn over the page...

Because of this psychopath Wicky, every topic that involves Turkey he says ridiculous things, like even Iran has better highways than Turkey etc.... he is a troll...... I got the feeling that Slowakians are racists and ignorant, but I hope to get to know nice Slovakians, maybe some of you :)

What would you say if I said "even Iran is better than Slovakia" all the time?


Wicky is psychopath? Don't be funny!
But if you dislike one person, you don't have to dislike the whole nation or country!

Wicky is psychopath? Don't be funny!
But if you dislike one person, you don't have to dislike the whole nation or country!

I'm sorry but I have seen a lot of psychopaths on this forum, I get paranoide :D

Slovakia is beautiful, looks like Prague!
Turkey is a modern and rapidly developing country too! I can delete this later!

This is the thread about city of Trnava, Slovakia! What the hell is have to do with Izmir?

maybe more than one expect... this is from the newspaper USA Today from today :)... i didnt know we have sea and Bratislava is a seaside town :)

http://62.168.117.198/fotoalbumy/m/u/muhapug/ba/f77373_24275251b3f74a6af5ce9484d8127b7d250c7de.jpg

:hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious

Those Amricans always make me laugh!

:hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious :hilarious

Those Amricans always make me laugh!

Long foot are you Croatian?

Trnava looks very nice. What about those commieblocks around the city?

Long foot are you Croatian?

Yes.

Trnava looks very nice. What about those commieblocks around the city?

what about them? unfortunately i´m sure the´ll be there for some years.... that´s our heritage from the past... and people needs to live somewhere... it´s too expensive to demolish them and build new one... hmm... as you know, they are in each city in Slovakia and former communist block countries...

Yes.

What are you doing here :D
Well being a Croatian you will probably not like me either..lol..

What are you doing here :D
Well being a Croatian you will probably not like me either..lol..

great, we are back? why?

What are you doing here :D
Well being a Croatian you will probably not like me either..lol..

Why should I dislike you? You only make me laugh :D

great, we are back? why?

I don't understand.

Why should I dislike you? You only make me laugh :D

Because of the past, maybe. What's so funny?

I don't understand.

we are back in history.... i dont know... why to judge people according to the history? I didnt do anything "bad" to any Turk, and the same opposite way... so, why to be angry with Turks???

Because of the past, maybe. What's so funny?

Because of this "Turkey has great history, modern highways and beautiful cities" crap in every thread on SSC.

Because of this "Turkey has great history, modern highways and beautiful cities" crap in every thread on SSC.

Firstly, those are the truth, not crap :weirdo:
Secondly, everyone is promoting their country, but I agree it should be more proper!

Maybe it is truth, but if someone open thread about Slovakian highways, you shouldn't post 1000 pics of Turkish highways immediately, to prove that your highways are better ;)

Maybe it is truth, but if someone open thread about Slovakian highways, you shouldn't post 1000 pics of Turkish highways immediately, to prove that your highways are better ;)

I agree... and here is the thread with slovak highways :) Slovak highways (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=181847)

Peterthegreat, Croatian highways are much better than yours :D

Peterthegreat, Croatian highways are much better than yours :D

well... we´ll see... still lots of work ahead us... but I agree, Croatia is beatiful.... :-)

Maybe it is truth, but if someone open thread about Slovakian highways, you shouldn't post 1000 pics of Turkish highways immediately, to prove that your highways are better ;)

I agree, I wasn't the one who did that :D

well... we´ll see... still lots of work ahead us... but I agree, Croatia is beatiful.... :-)

I was just joking, I am bored on my working place ;)

I was just joking, I am bored on my working place ;)

keep on going... heh :)

I agree, I wasn't the one who did that :D


So we agree :D

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/flags/hr-lgflag.gif

http://www.balloons.com.au/img/products/214204_thumb.jpg

http://www.1uptravel.com/flags/images/lo-mdflag.gif

it´s better now, i cant see croatian flag on your post :)

Oh yeah, sorry :) already deleted lol..

:cheers1:

Now I am going to work something :D

Thanks for sharing pics of your wonderful towns with us, Peterthegreat!

Funny map! Things like that happen all too often: During a ski jumping competition last year, for instance, NBC referred to Slovenian ski jumper Primoz Peterka as a Slovak. And we all know about Bush's famous mix-up (maybe that's he decided to hold his summits with Putin in both countries).

I've got another one: This is what the blogger Michael Manske of The Glory of Carniola (carniola.org) discovered recently:

http://www.carniola.org/photos/uncategorized/sloweniwakien.jpg
Source: carniola.org

And this is a tourist guide from neighboring Austria!

very beautiful city, the churches are amazing :)

[QUOTE=Ozcan]every topic that involves Turkey he says ridiculous things, like even Iran has better highways than Turkey etc.... he is a troll...... I got the feeling that Slowakians are racists and ignorant[QUOTE]


Provoking a discussion and indicting a person, especially, when he is not present at the forum is sometimes a mean to reach someone goals. Well, going into the discussion with Peter, who is not that often present in Eoroscrapers, and mostly present in other forum and rapidly seeking for "results" is desperating. Btw, lenghth and sometimes quality of Iran highways is bigger, than turkish ones.

I am not that down to call you by a means of mental, or animal diseases. You have your own forum in Euroscrapers section and you should be very happy and grateful to have it. Appreciate that, especially, when your country is desperately trying to catch up, what has been neglected for the centuries.
Turkey has many sins and problems from the past and from the present. But instead of being cautious and at least trying to be a little bit decent, you naively think, that being an offensive will bring you some kind of result.
Btw, I am not the only one, who is attacking Turkey, there are not quite a few, but a majority of forumers, that are either ignoring, or attacking, yes, many times Turkey, when they feel, that something is not appropriate.

Trnava is a sweety pie of town, really cute :)
Trnava is also sister city of Varazdin in Croatia.

How come that any of you guys didnt lunch a thread on Bratislava yet? I am looking forward to see it to happen :)

@Ozcan, i am a Croat too, but i may not gonna like you only because of your childlishly silly attitude that's got absolutely nothing to do with your nationality. You are such a wierdo sometimes. :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: :)

Trnava is also sister city of Varazdin in Croatia.

What does it mean "sister city"?

BTW Trnava is also one district in Zagreb :)

Sure they are. Not the appropriate picture, but just take these sportsmen aside: http://www.baseballgreece.com/mareu3.jpg.

But there are also adapted commieblocks, to be more aesthetic
http://www.simeksystem.sk/images/realizacie/foto003.jpg

Aside from that, the two pictures from the modern architecture I found:
http://iformat.sk/attachment.php/10888230/N5Sa9DMc6RjwLECAe8KnbIqpfrh3iF14/20030317_top2_v2_pobocky-budova-slsp2_38.jpg
http://iformat.sk/attachment.php/10888240/oKMaekUWgPQJIR9wnyjhGxHtsF80lr3B/20030317_top2_v2_pobocky-budova-vub2_38.jpg

As well as new projects and construction, like this satelite town (http://www.trnava.sk/mesto/images/mesto/k01.jpg), already in construction.

What does it mean "sister city"?

BTW Trnava is also one district in Zagreb :)

Here is an example of what 'sister city' means :)

"Cornerstones of Co-operation and Partnership"


"In the spirit of open friendship and true understanding among peoples, the City of Varaždin is taking steps toward a growing co-operation and partnership with other local communities, in light of the outreach toward respect and tolerance between different cultures and traditions.

By decisions Of the City Council of the City of Varaždin, relations of partnership and friendship have been set with the following Cities (in chronological order):

Montale (Italy), Trnava (Slovakia), and Ravensburg (Germany).

A common will wrapped in the spirit of Europe, one respecting human dignity, freedom, equality, solidarity, and justice, is found in the official documents on mutual co-operation signed by representatives of both Cities-friends.

It is our hope, and the hope of our partner cities, that this partnership serves as one of the cornerstones for peace and united Europe.

In order for these pages to contribute to this noble cause, you may use the following links to get to know our friendship and partnership cities by way of their Web pages."

www.comune.montale.pt.it

www.trnava.sk

www.ravensburg.de


Anyhow, there are more places called Trnava in Croatia, besides the one in Zagreb, there is one Trnava known by wineyards somewhere in central Croatia.

@bubach hlubach: Good point. There should be definitely more information about Bratislava construction.
@long foot: Where in Zagreb is Trnava district? :D Anyway, could you possibly post some information in Zagreb thread? :)

@long foot: Where in Zagreb is Trnava district? :D Anyway, could you possibly post some information in Zagreb thread? :)

It is one very ugly suburban residential district with old factories, small family houses and commieblocks :D
http://img111.exs.cx/img111/3904/trnva8vp.gif

Somethink like thishttp://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=158537? Don´t worry, we have Petrzalka, especially the part further from Danube.
Maybe you should consider the changing of this district name though. If the Varazdin is the twin city...

@long foot, i thought Trnava was a part of Dubrava, really...BBB!!! :D

@Wicky, i think it would be very needless to rename it to something else, to tell you the truth, Trnava in Zagreb isnt even considered a district, it's just a few streets, very uknown part of the city, quite far away from centre. :)

@Wicky, i think it would be very needless to rename it to something else, to tell you the truth, Trnava in Zagreb isnt even considered a district, it's just a few streets, very uknown part of the city, quite far away from centre. :)

I know, man, just joking ;)

Peter and Wicky - Great pics. This is a really nice historic Slovak city! :)

BTW - I too am really hanging for a Bratislava pic thread. :)

Trnava is a sweety pie of town, really cute :)
Trnava is also sister city of Varazdin in Croatia.

How come that any of you guys didnt lunch a thread on Bratislava yet? I am looking forward to see it to happen :)

@Ozcan, i am a Croat too, but i may not gonna like you only because of your childlishly silly attitude that's got absolutely nothing to do with your nationality. You are such a wierdo sometimes. :weirdo: :weirdo: :weirdo: :)

You don't like me? :cry: In that case I don't like you too :bleh:

Ozcan, you obviously still dont get it, read my post again tell me where did i say i didnt like you ?

Ok, I get it, give me a Zagreb link, please:)
Ozcan, you obviously still dont get it, read my post again tell me where did i say i didnt like you ?

Ozcan i think you drunk so much last night! lol
dont write anything when you are drunken!!!

BTW. nice pics, those two storey old houses look so lovely

Peter and Wicky - Great pics. This is a really nice historic Slovak city! :)

BTW - I too am really hanging for a Bratislava pic thread. :)

i made one thread about Bratislava last year :-) Bratislava (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=146669) nothing much, but at least something :-)