Description: Converted from a 111912 publicdomain postcard at httpscommonswikimediaorgwikiFileBratislavaatthebeginningofthe20thcenturyjpgJudging by the direction of the shadows this was taken close to sunset Hence my choice of colors and title hereNotice the castle has no roof That is because during the Napoleonic wars Napoleons soldiers were quartered in a building at the castle complex and allegedly by accident set the castle on fire Its stone walls survived but the roof and other wooden structures burned downIt stayed that way until my teens when in the 1960s a famous painter Janko Alexy who also happened to be the first person ever to encourage me to get into visual arts and even displayed my first pastel at a public exposition pushed the reluctant government very hard to restore the castle to its current beautyAnd now the Slovak government has some offices in the castle and proudly brings foreign dignitaries to it
By: AdamStanislav
Date: 2016-06-04
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1912 Sunset in Bratislava sourced from Openclipart is licensed under CC0 1.0
* Note: Date might not match original source and might be an educated guess.