Bird's eye View of Posonium - Pressburg (Bratislava). Original engraving.
17th or early 18th Century. Likely a 17th or early 18th Century engraving. No her images on the internet
Printed on laid paper. 30 x 40.3cm.
The two names for the city on the map are Posonium, its Latin name, and Pressburg, its German name. The name Bratislava has a complicated history, originating with the name Brezalaspurc, likely derived from the military commander Braslav. The Hungarian name for the city in the 19th century, Pozsony, reflected the German name, and thus was opposed by Slavic nationalists. A scholar's misidentification of the etymology of Brezalaspurc lead to the proposal of the new name Bratislav, which became the official name of the city in 1919 after joining Czechoslovakia. To confuse matters, further, there are many variants on each name as well as completely different names: during the Renaissance, a popular version was Istropolis, Greek for "City on the Danube."
Today, Bratislava is the capital and largest city in Slovakia. Item #51-5279
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