Scriptorum Calamo delineatus 373 / Possonio

Title

Scriptorum Calamo delineatus 373 / Possonio

Description

Map shows Bratislava, on reverse the city of Prag.

ca. 1713

Artist

Lasor a Varea

Historical Description

Bratislava (German: Pressburg) is the largest city in the country. It is located on the south-western border of Slovakia at the border triangle with Austria and Hungary, making it the only capital city in the world that borders more than one neighboring country. The city's history has been shaped by numerous ethnic groups and cultures with varying degrees of influence, such as Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Avars, Germans, Magyars, Jews and Slovaks. Throughout its history, Bratislava was one of the most important economic and administrative centers of the Moravian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783 and in 1848, as well as the capital of the (first) Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945. In 1968, Bratislava became the capital of the Slovak Socialist Republic (Slovak: SSR) within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR) and briefly (1990-1992) within the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (ČSFR). It has been the capital of the independent Slovak Republic since 1993.