Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

SLOVAKIA 311

E Museum of West Slovakia
Muzejné námestie 3. Tel (033) 551
29 14. # 8am–5pm Tue–Fri,
11am–5pm Sat & Sun. &
One of the biggest in the
country, the Museum of West
Slovakia (Západoslovenské

houses a centre of modern
art and the Museum of Jewish
Culture, and is also used as
an exhibition and concert
hall. Standing in front of
the Synagogue (Synagoga) is
a black marble monument,
designed by architect Artur
Szalatnai-Slatinský, dedicated
to the memory of Trnava’s
Jews, who were murdered in
the Holocaust.

múzeum) is housed in the

13th-century convent next to

the Church of the Assumption

of the Virgin Mary.

Following administra tive

restructuring of the empire’s

institutions carried out during

the reign of Joseph II in the

late 18th century, the build ing

became a military hospital,

and later, a warehouse. In

1954 it became a museum,

with the aim of continuing

Trnava’s museum traditions.

The collections, spread

over two floors, include

archae o logical discoveries, an

exhibition of religious art,

ethnography, natural history

displays and eight rooms of

folk ceramics as well as a

unique collection of bells.

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of the Virgin Mary

Muzejné námestie. 5

The Order of the Poor Clares

settled in Trnava during the

Middle Ages. This church

(Nanebovzatia Panny Márie)

was built for the nuns in the

13th century as an aisleless

Romanesque structure.

Following a fire in the

17th-century it was extended

and remod elled in the

Baroque style. Original

features of the interior include

the early 18th-century high

altar and three side altars.

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

46 km (28 miles) NE of

Bratislava. * 68,300.

£ Kollárova. @ Stanična.

n Trojičné námestie 1, (033)

323 6440. _ Lumen (early

May), Dobrofest International

Music Festival (late Aug)

http://www.trnava.sk

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Cathedral of St John

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Church of the Assumption of

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Church of St Helen 9

Church of St Nicholas 3

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Museum of West Slovakia 7

Music Museum 5

St Nicholas’s Square 4

Synagogue 6

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Nineteenth-century synagogue in
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Helena, dates from the 14th

century. Adjoining its north

façade is the original tower

with Gothic windows. There

are statues of saints above

the portal.