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Comenius University

university, Bratislava, Slovakia

Also known as: Academia Istropolitana, Komenského University

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education in Slovakia

In Slovakia: Education
…the largest and oldest is Comenius University in Bratislava (founded 1919). Also in Bratislava are the Slovak University of Technology, the University of Economics, and several arts academies. Košice also has universities and a school of veterinary medicine. Since independence, additional colleges and universities have opened in Trnava, Banská Bystrica,…
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feature of Bratislava

In Bratislava: History
…what was then Hungary, the Istropolitana Academy, was founded there in 1465. Ottoman forces inflicted a massive defeat on Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, and the effect of this was such that the Hungarian Diet decided to transfer the capital away from Buda (then occupied by the…
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