Trnava is one of the oldest and most important cities in Slovakia. It is a natural centre of lower Považie, the seat of the Trnava district and Trnava Self-Governing region. With the population of 65 000 inhabitants it is the seventh biggest city in Slovakia.
It is situated on the fringe of the West Slovak lowland only 50 km far from Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic. The total area of the city is 71,5 km2. The city is crossed by a highway and the main railway corridor connecting the west and east of the country. The distance to a significant European city, Vienna, is 95 km.
The city of Trnava plays important role of the secondary core of the so-called Central European Region. The Central European Region is a part of the European production triangle Paris – Berlin – Vienna that creates the base of the European economy with:
the highest energetic power
the highest production of industry
the highest production of agriculture (per 1 ha of land)
the highest consumption per capita in Europe
the best quality of social and technical infrastructure
the most modern technologies in the world and Europe
high developed transport
Historical monuments
1. The Town Tower
2. The Holy Trinity Sculptural Group
3. St. Anna Church – Church of the Ursulines
4. St. John the Baptist Cathedral
5. The Theological and Philosophical Faculties
6. The Medical Faculty
7. St. Adalbert Seminary – Adalbertinum
8. The General Seminary – Rubrorum
9. The Seminary of Virgin Mary – Marianum
10. Aristocratic Seminary (Convictus Nobilium)
11. St. Stephen Seminary – Stephaneum
12. The House of Music
13. St. Nicholas Basilica
14. Oláh’s Seminary
15. The Town Fortification
16. The Sculptural Group of St. Joseph
17. The Archiepiscopal Mansion
18. The synagogues
19. St. Joseph Church – Church of the Paulists
20. Church of the Assumption – Church of the Clarists
21. St. Helen Church
22. The Evangelical-Augsburg Church
23. The Town Hall
24. The Theatre
25. St. Jacob Church – Franciscan Church
26. The Church of the Holiest Trinity – Jesuit church
27. Koppel’s Family Mansion
