University Square & St John's Cathedral

A Panorama of "Little Rome"

From a rooftop vantage above the old town, this camera frames the unmistakable skyline of Trnava, one of Slovakia's oldest royal towns. The twin towers of the cathedral anchor a sea of red rooftops, with distant hills and modern districts visible on the horizon.

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

The centrepiece is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, an early-Baroque masterpiece completed in the 1630s by the Jesuit university that once stood here. Its richly decorated interior and soaring twin facade make it one of the most important early-Baroque buildings in the country.

University Square & the Historic Core

Below the cathedral spreads University Square, the heart of the former Trnava University quarter. The surrounding monastery buildings, seminaries and town houses form one of central Europe's best-preserved walled medieval centres.

Visiting Trnava

Compact and entirely walkable, the old town rewards visitors with preserved fortifications, a mighty town tower and a string of churches that earned the city its enduring nickname. The view captures the rhythm of everyday life in a living historic city.