Bratislava-Hrad, Slovakia
Zámocká 862
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Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Lovely statue in the castle grounds and over looking the river.
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Svatopluk I, also known as Svatopluk the Great was a ruler of Great Moravia, which attained its maximum territorial expansion during his reign (870–871, 871–894). Svatopluk's career started in the 860s, when he governed a principality within Moravia, the location of which is still a matter of debate among historians, under the suzerainty of his uncle, Rastislav. In 870 Svatopluk dethroned Rastislav, who was a vassal of Louis the German, and betrayed him to the Franks. Within a year, however, the Franks also imprisoned Svatopluk. After the Moravians rebelled against the Franks, Svatopluk was released and led the rebels to victory over the invaders. Although he was obliged to pay tribute to East Francia under the peace treaty concluded at Forchheim (Germany) in 874, he was able to expand his territories outside the Franks' sphere of interest in the following years. His forces even invaded the March of Pannonia within East Francia in 882. Svatopluk established a good relationship with the popes, and he and his people were formally taken under the protection of the Holy See in 880. Pope Stephen V even addressed him as \King\ in a letter written in 885. Svatopluk seems to have wanted to appease the German clergy who opposed the conducting of the liturgy in Old Church Slavonic, and he expelled the disciples of Methodius from Moravia in 886, after their teacher's death. Svatopluk's state was a loose assemblage of principalities and also included conquered territories. Not long after his death Svatopluk's realm of Great Moravia collapsed in the midst of a power struggle between his sons and the intensifying Hungarian raids. Svatopluk, whose empire encompassed the whole or parts of the territory of modern Slovakia, has occasionally been presented as a \Slovak King\ in literary works since the 18th century, the period of the Slovak national awakening.
Nice statue of Moravian king Svatopulk. I wish that we in Serbia have more statues like this one :)
The city top view is amazing
The hike up to statue gets the blood flowing. Quite a hill. This is a nice statue and a gorgeous view!
What a beautiful place and Myanmar Girl at the Statute of Svatopluk...
Beautiful view. Worth the visit to get a wonderful view of Bratislava.
Known as a ruler of Great Moravia in 9th century. His expanded empire encompassed the whole or most part of today's territory of Slovakia. Statue is located at the front entrance to Bratislavski Hrad, where one can admire great view over the city, Danub river and beyond.
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