The middle age university, which was established in 1465 by the Ugrian monarch Matej Korvin, belongs to the national monuments today. It was abolished after his death in 1490. Today it represents the traditions of Bratislava’s university educational system and it is the residency of the University of arts.

The uprise of nobles’ palaces was preceded by the development of historical renaissance buildings such as Brammer’s mansion. It is located in the Zizka’s street, in the side of it called Zuckermandel. The mansion used to belong to the castle officer Brammer who was mentioned in connection with additional construction of the two wagon-wall projections and the new portal’s modification in 1620. Today, the building is the residency of the culture of Hungarians in Slovakia.

Bratislava’s castle has been the essential part of the city’s panorama for many centuries. It has been also associated with the first written remark about Bratislava from the year 907. The palace with the central yard and 4 corner towers was built in times of the king Zigmund of the Luxembourgh’s reign in 15th century. The destructive fire in May 1811 destroyed not just the palace and its additional buildings,  but also a large part of the extramural settlement. Today, it is in service to the state representation and to the Slovak national museum with its valuable archeological, historical and artistic collections. Visitors of Bratislava may spend some time here in the places where the history has passed through; they may admire the castle’s architecture and take pleasure in the beautiful view from the surrounding terraces or from the Crown tower. The castle belongs to the national monuments.

Colegium Emericanum – a seminary for secular sacerdocy of the Ostrihom’s archdiocese. This theologistic seminary was attended by many of the Slovak national feasors such as Jan Holly, Jan Palarik etc.

The ruins of the ancient Devin are rising upon junction of rivers Danube and Moravia. Barrier fort belonging to the Slavic Duke Rastislav Dowina has been in chronicles since 9th century. As far back as in 13th century, the object with residential tower, which became the basement for the later fort had stayed on the top of the rock cliff. The castle was blasted away by Napoleon armies in 1809. Since 1965, an archeological research and partial reconstruction of the castle’s ruins have been done in the castle’s area under the auspices of the city museum in Bratislava. The castle belongs to the national monuments.

St. Martin’s Cathedral – three partial church with a number of chapels is the most significant sacral building of the city. In years 1563 – 1830, it was the coronation cathedral of Ugrian kings. 11 Ugrian kings (including Maria Theresa) and 8 kings’ wives were coronated here. The church was built in the gothic style in 14th – 15th century on the place of the older Church of St. Salvador. Gilded monument of the Ugrian crown on the top of the church from the year 1833 should remind the visitors of Bratislava’s coronations. Many ecclesiastical and secular authorities are buried in crypts of St. Martin’s Cathedral. The church belongs to the national monuments.

Fontána Družby je najväčšia fontána v Bratislave. Bola postavená v roku 1980. Jadrom fontány je lipový kvet z nerezu o priemere 9 m s hmotnosťou 12 t, stojaci na pilieri uprostred kruhovej nádrže, ktorá má priemer 45 m.

Umiestnili ju do parku roku 1958. Jej súčasťou je bronzová socha T. Bártfaya.

Túto fontánu zložili z rôznych častí starších fontán. Stĺp nesúci leva pochádza zo 17. storočia a kedysi patril k fontáne, ktorá stála v arcibiskupskej záhrade.

Žena vylievajúca vodu z krčahu, odetá do antického odevu a na hlave má helmu.

Ústrednú časť tvorí pieskovcové barokové súsošie zobrazujúce legendárneho rytiera bojujúceho s drakom.

Fontána Zem - planéta mieru je dielom architekta T. Bartfaya z roku 1982.

Ganymedovu fontánu dala mestu Prvá prešporská sporiteľňa. Vyhotovil ju v roku 1888 sochár V. Tilgner. Jej dominantným motívom je antická legenda o Ganymedovi. Socha na vrchole fontány zobrazuje práve akt únosu. Detské postavičky v strednej časti držia v rukách štyri najtypickejšie dunajské ryby- zubáča, kapra, sumca a šťuku. Raky, žaby a korytnačky pripomínajú, že mesto je úzko späté s neďaleko tečúcim Dunajom.

Jesuit College – had been built on request of Ostrihom’s archbishop and Cardinal Peter Pazmany, who donated it to Jesuits afterwards; it had been built in the location with three older houses, in 1626. There used to be a medieval school in one of the houses. The college building was built in 1628 – 1635. J. Rava executed the construction of the institution for Jesuit juvenile education. This building served to students for many centuries. Today, it is the residence of the Roman Catholic theology faculty of Cyril & Method, which educates future priests.

The great late-renaissance church of German nationality evangelists (1636 – 1638) was taken away from them in 1672 and mandated to Jesuits the next year afterwards. The interior includes one of the most beautiful rococo ambos designed with Ludovit Gode relieves (1753).

Kačacia fontána patrí medzi najkrajšie fontány v Bratislave. Vyhotovil ju v roku 1914 R. Kühmayer. Súsošie pripomína povesť o troch chlapcoch a ich kačiciach.

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.

One nave baroque church (1739 – 1743) was built together with the hospital for women and the monastery. Vaults of the church include illusive frescos, which are virtually above it, and they open themselves into a fictive heavenly space.

Canonistesses who had taken care of girls’ education built (1754) a monastery in four-winged layout and they planned to build one nave church in the axis of the west wing. But they didn’t finish it because of money shortage. Only the plan of the designed presbytery has remained.

The Church and Monastery of Ursulinesses – a “small” church of Bratislava evangelists (1659) was built for members of Slovak and Hungarian nationality in the location of a medieval ghetto. Even this one was taken away from evangelists in 1672 and mandated to Ursulinesses who had taken care of catholic education of citizens’ girls. The monastery was built in the last quarter of the 17th century.

Four-winged city hospital with a church was built on the place of demolished medieval city hospital with a spital in 1828 – 1830.

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.

Capuchins church – one nave baroque church from the first quarter of the 18th century was built according to the monastic orders, which may be evidently seen in all Capuchin churches in central Europe. The church was devoted to St. Stephen, which is easy to prove by his sculpture located in the central niche above the portal.

 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.

One nave secession church (1910 – 1913) is the part of the high school complex and the Roman Catholic vicarage. Blue majolica was used on the walls of the church and the blue-glost tile on its roof. The church was built as a symbolic mausoleum of the empress Elizabeth, wife of Franz Joseph I..

The baroque church (1717 – 1725) was built per sample of St. Peter’s church in Vienna. Oval nave of the church is vaulted with a cupola. Two obliquely standing towers contain a leaked facade. The interior of the church contains profuse baroque decoration. Illusive fresco on the vault is the work of art of Italian painter Antonio Galli Bibienu (1740).

Early-baroque complex of buildings (1728) faces the public square with its patulous facade of the monastery and the hospital in center of which stays the dominating facade of the church with square tower. The hospital played a significant role during the pestilence in 1710 – 1713 and also in a bourgeois revolution in 1848 – 1849.

The smallest rococo palace in Bratislava was owned by the steward of king’s property in Magyarovar, count L. von  Kutschersfeld. Double-decked building was built in the corner of Hlavné námestie (Main Square) and Sedlárska Street in 1762. A significant Russian composer and piano player A.G. Rubistein lived and worked in the house in 1847. The palace has been the residency of the French institute and the French embassy since 1991.

Renesančnú Rolandovu fontánu na Hlavnom námestí dal postaviť cisár Maximilián II., keď po jeho korunovácii v r. 1563 vypukol v meste veľký požiar. Autorom je kamenár Ondrej Luttringer z Deutsch Altenburgu , ktorý ju dokončil v r. 1572. Predstavuje rytiera Rolanda, legendárneho ochrancu mestských práv. Iní zas považujú sochu za portrét Maximiliána II.

Michael`s Gate is the only one preserved gate from the medieval fortification szstem of Bratislava. It`s lower part is gothic, in 15th century was built a barbakan in front of the gate. The gate was built subsequently. Present appaerance is a result of baroque rebuilding (1758). On the top of the tower is copper statue of archangel Michael with a dragon from Bratislava kettle master Peter Eller. Inside is a museum of historical arms and urban fortification. From the tower is beautiful view over the city.

Mirbach’s palace has four-winged disposition around the central yard and the admirable rococo decoration of the facade and the interior. Its last owner count E. Mirbach bequeathed the palace to the city. Restored rooms of the ex-nobles’ residence have been in use of the Bratislava gallery since 1975.

Leopold de Pauli’s palace – was built for the main steward of emperor’s property on the ex-king’s estate in 1775 – 1776. Palace’s interior is adorned with the garden with charming rococo musical pavilion. Franz Liszt performed here in the lounge on the first floor in 1820.

The baroque palace was built according to planes of the emperor’s architect G.B.Martinelli in 1753 – 1756. It became the house of Ugrian concilium in 19th century. In 1847 – 1848, a member of parliament for the city of Zvolen, Ludovit Stur defended Slovak interests here. The palace turned into the residence of the University library after 1953.

Stands on the corner of Hlavne namestie (Main Square) and Zelena Street. Since 1880 it has the new baroque look, which came out of French baroque. It was built for the significant wine merchant Frantisek Palugyay.

A luxurious palace was built on request of archbishop Josef Batthyany in 1781. The city bought it in 1903. Peace treaty among deputies of Napoleon and Roman emperor’s Franz I. was signed here in 1805. Ferdinand V. confirmed new law, which meant the end of villenage, here in 1848.

The modern constructing technology is covered outwardly and from within by historicist architectural elements. Many designers have participated in decorating the building. Today, it is the residency of Slovak philharmonic orchestra. Its concert hall has been the witness of concerts of top domestic and foreign musical performances and excellent soloists of various genres of classical music. The season reaches its climax with autumnal Bratislava musical celebration.

Segner’s Mansion – was built by a prominent Pressburg citizen Andreas Segner, a rich merchant who had a title. His son Johann Andreas Segner became famous by his, so-called, “Segner’s wheel” which used the reaction of a water wheel in 1750. He was a famous doctor, a physicist, a professor of sciences and mathematics and a member of several scientific associations.

Slavin – the memorial and the graveyard of the Soviet Army. The memorial was ceremonially unveiled in 1960 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the town’s liberation by the Soviet Army. Cascade terraces of the memorial offer panoramatic view of the town. The memorial belongs to the national monuments

Today’s new renaissance building was built in 1885 – 1886 according to the project of architects H. Helmer and F. Fellner who were specialists for theatre constructions. The face of building is adorned with busts of J.W. Goethe, W. Shakespeare, F. Liszt, W.A. Mozart and J. Katona. The building is in use of opera and ballet.

The residency of the free king’s town Pressburg self-administration used to be the Old Town Hall. The complex of buildings from various period-styles is called the core of the Old Town Hall today. Originally, it was formed from the gothic house with reeve Jacob’s tower. It was mentioned in 1370 in King’s Ludovit letter for the first time. It has preserved almost unchanged until today. The portal of the house is simple, late gothic and it has been renewed with the latticed oriel with stone statues. There is the statue of Virgin Mary from the year 1676 on the quoin of the rococo stylized tower. The town bought the neighbouring Unger’s house in 16th century. In 20th century, the eastern annex was completed in the neogothic style, whereby the Primacial palace was joined with the Old Town Hall. This historical building is the residence of the town’s museum, today.

The building has been renewed and marryied for several times in 17th century - last time in renaissance period. Its significance for Bratislava increased after the Slovak national museum had placed art collections of the Museum of Jewish culture in Slovakia here.

Four-winged object with an inside balcony house was built on request of the Count Frantisek Zichy who was Franz Liszt’s student. The palace was reconstructed in the beginning of the 20th century and today; it is used as the place for various ceremonies and celebrations.