Franciscans came to Bratislava after the Tatarian invasion and they started to build the church in about third quarter of the 13th century. From those times remain also the enclosure walls of the nave and the presbytery. The church has one nave, Romanesque-gothic portal and massive enclosure walls. The small tower was built in the end of the 14th century. It was disassembled in 19th century and placed as the pavilion in Janko Kráľ’s garden in Petrzalka. Today’s looks of the tower is the replica of the original. In 1296, the chapel of St. John the Evangelist at the Franciscans church was consecrated per sample the French kings chapel in Paris.

 The religion of Clariens was established in Bratislava after 1297 A.D., when Cistercianesses had moved to the religion of St. Clara. Gothic church has one nave from the first half of the 14th century. Strongly cambered five-edged small tower with abundant sculptural decoration was built in about 1400. Today, the church is used for exhibitions and expositions.

St. Catherine’s Chapel – was built on request of the Cistercian Frantisek of Colomba in 1311 A.D. on today’s Michalska Street. The chapel had belonged to Cistercians until the beginning of the 16th century and then it came under the auspices of Capuchins. The interior is originally gothic and the facade is in classicistic style.