Bratislava (svk)

Bratislava

Bratislava ranks 158th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Basel, Graz, and Neuilly-sur-Seine. Memorable people born in Bratislava include Elizabeth of Hungary, Philipp Lenard, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Memorable people who died in Bratislava include Jozef Tiso, Gustáv Husák, and Vojtech Tuka. Bratislava has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Bratislava is located in Slovakia.

Bratislava, historically known as Pressburg (Preßburg), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate it to be more than 660,000—approximately 140% of the official figures. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. Read more on Wikipedia