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Pálffy Palace

A palace with Gothic roots where the city gallery shows Gothic panel painting, a Celtic mint and Matej Krén’s installation Passage.

  • Panská 261/19, Bratislava
  • Not wheelchair accessible
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Why visit

Pálffy Palace on Panská Street holds layers of Bratislava’s past under one roof. Archaeologists found a Celtic mint here, as well as the Gothic core of a 14th-century palace.

Renaissance and Classicist building phases followed, and the Pálffy family used the house for representative purposes. Today it is one of the two main venues of Bratislava City Gallery (GMB).

What to see

  • Passage: Matej Krén’s installation of almost 15,000 books and mirrors that creates the illusion of endless space.
  • Biatec. Celtic Mint: a permanent exhibition on the Celtic coin workshop discovered in the palace.
  • Gothic panel painting: the permanent display of Gothic art from the gallery’s collection.
  • Temporary exhibitions: changing shows across several floors; Gothic masonry is visible in the third-floor hall.

Plan your visit

Paid admission; exhibitions have separate tickets, and some include the permanent displays. Allow one to two hours.

St Martin’s Cathedral and Mirbach Palace, the gallery’s other main venue, are a few minutes’ walk away.

Address

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Panská 261/19, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia

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