During the Middle Ages, Bratislava’s massive City Walls played an important defensive role. The inner city was only accessible through three main fortified gates, and later a smaller one in the Danube direction. The Michael’s Gate featuring an iconic tower is the only one that survived until today. As the walls’ relevance decreased after the defeat of the Ottoman forces in the 18th century, their large part was destroyed to allow the city’s further expansion. Travel back in time by entering the preserved part of the walls through a bridge connecting it with the Castle Hill, a gate opposite to the St. Martin’s Cathedral, or a passage from Kapitulska Street. The Walls are open every day of the week.

The burial shrine houses 23 graves of prominent Orthodox rabbis and scholars, including Chatam Sofer (Moses Schreiber), the founder of the influential Pressburg Yeshiva and one of the key Jewish scholars of the 19th century. This site represents the most treasured section of an old Jewish cemetery that dates back to the 17th century. In 1942, the cemetery was covered with concrete, but it was restored in 2002 in a new form of the Chatam Sofer Memorial.