Bridge of the Michael Gate
Bridge of the Michael Gate
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
GPS coordinates:
48.14552, 17.106994
History
The only one medieval town gate that was spared is the Michael Gate. One section of the moat before the gate can still be seen, and the bridge leads across it. The original bridge was made of wood, which was replaced by a brick bridge of three arches in 1727, after the town's fortifications had already lost their significance. In 1898 the bridge was widened, was given a new iron railing and one semicircular balcony was created on each side in the middle. The sculptures of St. John of Nepomuk and St. Michael were placed on them. In 1984 the statues, which were in a bad condition, were replaced by their replicas, and the Hungarian-Ianguage inscriptions on their pedestals were covered with Slovak-language plaques. After the Czechoslovak invasion in 1919, the town was forcefully Slovakized, and the Slovaks still can't stand seeing any sign of the town's Hungarian past. You can go down to the bottom of the moat using the stairs next to the Vörös Rák (Red Crab) Pharmacy.
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