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EURÓPSKA ÚNIA
Project was co-financed by ERDF
„Investícia do Vašej budúcnosti“
„Investment into your future“
NITRA CASTLE
discover the place, live the story
The Castle of Nitra and the Castle Area
Phone: +421 (0)37/772 17 47,
www.biskupstvo-nitra.sk
Open for public:
April – October: 6.30 – 18.00
November – March: 6.30 – 17.00
The Castle of Nitra is considered to be one
of the most significant features of Nitra.
It was built on a limestone rock, which is
surrounded by the meander of the Nitra
River from three sides. The Castle of Nitra
is a cultural heritage and together with
the Upper Town on the southern slope
of the castle hill was proclaimed a Town
Conservation Reserve. The Castle of Nitra
consists of four independent parts: the
cathedral, bishop palace, outbuildings
and outer walls with one entrance gate.
The Parts of the Castle of Nitra
The castle area can be approached by
an entrance gate
with
an oblique ground plan. The inner renaissance gate of Bishop
Mošóci was built in the 16
th
century. The outer gate of Bishop
Pálfy from the year 1673 with the great support of artillery
had a very important role in a defence of the castle in the past.
There is located the
Cathedral of St. Emmeram
in
the castle area. It was created by the connection of
three buildings of different architectural styles. These
are the Romanesque
Church of St. Emmeram
(11
th
century), the
Upper Church
(14
th
century, originally
gothic) and the
Lower Church
(17
th
century).
The Church of St. Emmeram
is considered to be the
oldest part of the cathedral. The Romanesque church
has a Romanesque apse in a shape of a horseshoe, which
is separated from a square nave by an arch from the 14
th
century, and similarly as the nave dates back to the 14
th
century. The original building was damaged and then
shortened, to make enough space for supporting pillars of
the Upper Church in 1328. After finishing the constructions
of the gothic church, a part of it was used as an archive.
In 1465, after it burnt down, the Romanesque part of the
castle church was raised and vaulted by ribbed vaults.
Interior part of the church was rebuilt to its present form
during years 1930 and 1931 as a part of the preparations for
Pribina Festival in 1933. It was artistically decorated by works
of Slovak artists: J. Poslíšil – stylized state, county and
Slovak emblem on the western wall; Karol Kmeťko –
relic remains of St. Cyril; �½. Fulla - colourful stained
glass windows with the figures of St. Andrew
and St. Benedict. Other precious works include
a beaten silver chest from 1647, which hides
remains of saints and patrons of the church
and a relief sculpture from the 13
th
century,
which was found in 1930. For it depicts a donator sitting on
the model of the church, it is known as the donator relief.
The Upper Church
(gothic church with one nave) was
built on the highest point of a rock elevation between years
1333 and 1355. The church ensured its gothic appearance
until the beginning of the 18
th
century. The Upper Church
was modified – the Lower Church was built to it. The
whole inner part was united; outer adaptations involved an
erection of baroque Chapel of St. Barbara. The author of
frescos and paintings of the chapel is an Austrian painter
of Italian origin A. Galliarti. The main altar of St. Saviour
with massive columnar architecture sanctified in 1732
belongs to most valuable relics of the Upper Church. The
renaissance font (1643) was placed to a
niche. The font was created by M.
Weigel in Banská Bystrica. On
the occasion of Cyril and
Methodius celebrations
in 1933 the Upper
Church was
enriched by a huge
organ made by
O. Važansk�½.

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