The Grassalkovich Palace

The Grassalkovich Palace (in Slovak Grasalkovičov palác) or the Presidential Palace (Prezidentský palác) is a palace in Bratislava and the seat of the President of Slovakia. It is situated next to the Summer Archbishop's Palace. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 329 KB) city of Bratislava - frontview on Grassalkovich Palace selftaken on July, 17th, 2004 photographer: Martin Proehl File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bratislava Grassalkovich Palace... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 329 KB) city of Bratislava - frontview on Grassalkovich Palace selftaken on July, 17th, 2004 photographer: Martin Proehl File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bratislava Grassalkovich Palace... Bratislava (see below for name alternatives), is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 450,000. ... Summer Archbishops Palace - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

The building is an impressive Rococo/late Baroque summer palace with a French garden. It was built in 1760 for the Count Anton Grassalkovich, a Croatian noble serving as the head of the Hungarian Chamber (a kind of ministry of economy and finance of the Kingdom of Hungary), by the architect A. Mayerhofer. It features many beautiful rooms and an impressive staircase. North side of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo - carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...

The building became a center of Baroque music life in Bratislava. Joseph Haydn presented here the premières of some of his works. Count Grassalkovich also had an own orchestra and his “colleague”, Count Eszterházy, used to “lend” him his favorite conductor Joseph Haydn. Grassalkovich was Empress Maria Theresa’s minion, so the palace was used for various balls and parties of the Habsburg royal court. For example, it was Haydn who conducted the orchestra, when Empress Maria Theresa’s daughter was marrying Albert of Sachsen-Teschen, the governor of the Kingdom of Hungary (see Bratislava Castle). Ľudovít Štúr is said to have declared his love to his great love Adela Ostrolúcka for the first time during a ball organized by archduke Stephan Franz Viktor (Buda 14 Sep 1817–Menton 19 Feb 1867), son of the Palatine, Joseph. The last owners of the palace before the end of Austria-Hungary were the archduke Friedrich of Teschen with his wife Isabella of Croy-Dülmen. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Franz Joseph Haydn[1] (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period, called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a... The House of Esterházy (- German, in Hungarian: Eszterházy, in Slovak: Esterházi) was a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary since the Middle Ages, which was among the great territorial magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time it was part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire. ... Franz Joseph Haydn[1] (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period, called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a... This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780. ... The Habsburg Monarchy, often called Austrian Monarchy or simply Austria, are the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine, between 1526 and 1867/1918. ... Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria Maria Theresa (German: ; May 13, 1717–November 29, 1780) was Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80). ... Albert Casimir August of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (11 July 1738 in the Moritzburg near Dresden - 10 February 1822 in Vienna) was a German art collector who married into the Habsburg imperial family. ... The Castle viewed from the south-west The Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. ... Ľudovít Å túr Ľudovít Å túr, known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Å túr, (October 29, 1815 - January 12, 1856) was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary... Look up Archduke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Arms of Philippe I de Croÿ, detail of Rogiers diptych (ca. ...

In the years 1939–1945, the palace was the seat of the president of the First Slovak Republic (i.e. of Jozef Tiso). During the Communist era, it was first (after 1945) the seat of the Council of Commissioners (also styled Corps of Plenipotentiaries), which was a quasi-government of Slovakia within Czechoslovakia. In 1950 the building was turned into the “Klement Gottwald's House of Pioneers and the Youth” (Dom pionierov a mládeže Klementa Gottwalda), which was an activity center for Bratislava’s schoolchidren (all of whom were so-called pioneers at that time). The schoolchildren caused a lot of damage to the palace, so that a necessary restoration became possible following the transition from Communism in late 1989 (Velvet Revolution). 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika) was an independent national Slovak state and ally of Nazi Germany during World War II on the territory of present-day Slovakia with the exception of the southern and eastern parts of present-day Slovakia. ... Jozef Tiso Monsignor Jozef Tiso (October 13, 1887–April 18, 1947) was a Roman Catholic priest who became a deputy of the Czechoslovak parliament, a member of the Czechoslovak government, and finally the President of Independent Slovak Republic from 1939-1945. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A 1950s Czechoslovak propaganda poster depicting Gottwald and Stalin Klement Gottwald (November 23, 1896, DÄ›dice (VyÅ¡kov), South Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) - March 14, 1953) was a Czechoslovakian Communist politician, longtime leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSÄŒ or CPCz or CPC), prime minister and president... A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Non-violent protesters are fighting with flowers against armored policemen The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 – December 29, 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ...

After its reconstruction in the early 1990s, on September 30, 1996 the palace became the residence of Slovakia’s president. Its once-large gardens are now a public park, complete with a statue of Bratislava-born composer Jan Nepomuk Hummel. During Christmas time, the palace is illuminated in “Coca-Cola” style (see External links). September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was a Bohemian composer and virtuoso pianist. ...

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