Description: Bratislava as Posonium its Latin name in the book Civitates Orbis Terrarum Vol IV First Latin edition published in 1588 by Braun Hogenberg Source httpscommonswikimediaorgwikiFilePosoniumHogenberg1588jpg Note the castle only had one tower in this picture while in later centuries and up to today it has four and has often been described as an upsidedown table According to a legend during one period of history the inhabitants of the castle often woke up on the floor aching with all the furniture messed up in disarray They had no idea what was happening so they posted nighttime observers outside the castle And sure enough one night a giant came by on his way from one end of Europe to the other He wanted to rest so he turned the castle upsidedown and sat down on it When the night observers explained what mess he was causing the giant apologized and they have had no problems ever since Anyway what puzzles me about this image is the island in the middle of Danube with deer on it And another right by the city Was the water level of the Danube so low in the 16th Century or did Braun and Hegenberg just made it up
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Bratislava in 1588 sourced from Openclipart is licensed under CC0 1.0
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