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City in Nitra Region, Slovakia
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Nitra is in Slovakia. It is a beautiful old historic city, with a population of almost 80,000.
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Nitriansky Hrad
Built in 9th century, when it was inhabited by the prince Pribina, later by Svätopluk in the Great Moravian period.
Malý seminár
Diecézna knižnica
Katedrála Sv. Emerána
Socha Corgoňa
Built in 1820 by Vavrinec Dunajský. The statue is named after the legendary figure of the Nitra blacksmith with enormous strength. The legend says he helped repel the first Turkish attack Nitra Castle, when it seemed that they would conquer it. With the help of heavy boulders and his massive figure, he scared the Turks away.
Františkánsky kostol Sv. Petra a Pavla
A 19th century building, now housing the Nitra Region Museum (Ponitrianske múzeum). Various pieces of archeology, ethnography, history, botanics, geology, zoology are presented.
Divadlo Andreja Bagara
Synagóga
A small, freely accessible cave named after Zobor hermit St. Svorad, who lived a very ascetic lifestyle and wore a heavy chain around his waist. His remains are kept in the Cathedral of St. Emerám at Nitra Castle in the Pálfy Reliquary. In 1083, Svorad was declared a saint and the cave became a place of pilgrimage. The cave can be reached via an 18th-century calvary.
Oponický hrad
A dendrological park with more than 2300 types of wood growing here.
Gýmeš
Park Sihoť
The park contains a fountain (Žabia fontána/Frog fountain) in the north, and an outdoor aquapark.
Zobor
A pleasant walk through the forest will take you to your destination in approximately 50 minutes, if you start at the Zobor monastery (hospital). The educational trail along the way introduces visitors to parts of the original fortifications. The torso of the millennium monument on the Pyramid is the most famous Zobor monument, located under the very top.
Pešia zóna
A rocky hill on the south-east of the city, with a panoramic view of sity and Zobor.
The train station is situated in the city center, near the bus station and has a regional importance.
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