Is the capital of Slovakia. It’s also called as the Beauty upon the river Danube. It is situated at the foot of Small Carpatians and the confluence of two rivers /of Danube and Morava/. Originally it was century Bratislava became an important town of the Great Moravia Empire. West of Old Town towers the monumental Castle of Bratislava. In the 15th century the first Slovak university, Academia Istropolitana was established. For some years Bratislava became the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the coronation town. The Hungarian kings and queens were coronated in the Gothic Minster of St. Martin.