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Besides the main town, there are also other adjacent settlements incorporated in the municipality: former vassalage viticulture village Kráľová and two recreational hamlets of Harmónia and Piesok (also known as Zochova Chata), both located in the woods of Little Carpathians mountains.
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in 1607. The town fortifications with three gates were constructed in 1610–1647. Since the 17th century, it has been one of the leading craft centers in present-day Slovakia. The ceramic industry and
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Remains of the former fortifications: a bastion (with a gallery of Ignác Bizmayer, pottery master) and the "Upper Gate", the only one of three original town gates to be preserved
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Evangelical church of Apostles Peter and Paul ("Slovak church") from 1715, present-day form since 1826, standing near the "German church"
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Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist from the 2nd half of the 14th century at the cemetery with the names of victims of the
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The first traces of habitation go back to the 3rd millennium BCE, and the first permanent habitation dates back to the time of
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production started in the 19th century. In 1883, a school of ceramics was established, where through the skillfulness of
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A grave memorial museum (with an external exhibition "Štúrova izba" (memorable room of Štúr) and statue of
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Modra is famous for its pottery industry. Its blue-and-white porcelain is famous throughout Slovakia.
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bypassed the town in the 1840s, as the local magistrate refused to allow the railway construction.
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small Baroque chapel of Mary Immaculate from 1740, standing in front of the evangelical churches
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Roman Catholic Church of St. Stephen the King from years 1873–1876 on the market square
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made a film about returning to the town after many years in Canada, called
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A country castle just behind the upper gate; seat of the vineyard school
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The "Upper Gate", the only remaining fortification gate in Modra
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Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk).
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the present-day workshops specialising on the Modra ceramics
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A Renaissance building from the end of the 17th century
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Modra (disambiguation)
The "Upper Gate", the only remaining fortification gate in Modra
Coat of arms of Modra
Modra is located in Bratislava Region
Bratislava Region
Modra is located in Slovakia
48°19′54″N 17°18′32″E / 48.33167°N 17.30889°E / 48.33167; 17.30889
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Slovakia
Bratislava
Pezinok
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UTC+1
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www.modra.sk
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Bratislava Region
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Malé Karpaty
viticulture
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