Veľký Biel, sacral monuments and pilgrimage sites

The Franciscan Church ranks among the oldest churches in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was constructed between 1280 and 1297 and consecrated by King Andrew III. It was turned into a Renaissance church in the 17th century and into a Baroque church in the 18th century. Selected persons were knighted here in the 16th - 19th centuries each time when kings of Royal Hungary/the Kingdom of Hungary were crowned in Pressburg.

The St. Martin's Cathedral (Slovak: Katedrála svätého Martina) is a cathedral in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava. It is situated at the western border of the historical city center below Bratislava Castle. It is the largest and finest, as well as one of the oldest churches in Bratislava, known especially for previously being the coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary. Currently, it is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Bratislava. From 1995 to February 2008 it was the concathedral...