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Devín Castle
Castle ruins on a cliff where the Morava river meets the Danube, a symbol of the Iron Curtain that ran below.
- Open
- Spring to autumn; shorter hours in winter
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Muránská, 841 10 Bratislava-DevínDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 29 from Most SNP, about 25 minutes, or a boat in summer.
Why Go
A fortress has stood here since the 9th century, when it guarded the Great Moravian state; Napoleon's army blew it up in 1809. The Maiden Tower perches on a separate rock above the rivers.
Until 1989 the border with Austria was fenced off along the river below; a memorial remembers those shot trying to cross.
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