Trnava

Trnava is the fifth largest city in Slovakia and one of the county seats. Thanks to its many churches it is called as the Small Rome. It is located 45 km northeast of Bratislava, in the Trnava valley, between the Little Carpathians and the valley of river Váh. Even before the Celts and Romans the town of Trnava was an important center and crossroads of trade routes. It was the first town in the area of present-day Slovakia, which was given the privilege of a free royal city, which the Hungarian King Bela IV gave the city in the year 1238.