Equestrian statue of Svätopluk

This statue of equestrian is in front of the bratislava castle. We came here on our walking trip around the city.

Great city attraction. Recommended visit during sunset

Nice place with the view of Danube and Bratislava

It's worth a look

Very good statue of Svatopulk in Grad.

Nice statue of Moravian king Svatopulk. I wish that we in Serbia have more statues like this one :)

A majestic statue in front of the castle depicting Svatopluk I of Moravia, a ruler from 9th century.

Lovely statue in the castle grounds and over looking the river.

Very nice statue!

A big and beautiful castle with a lot of history. One of the must go places in Bratislava. Wonderful view of the city and surroundings.

What a beautiful place and
Myanmar Girl at the Statute of Svatopluk...

Svatopluk I, also known as Svatopluk the Great was a ruler of Great Moravia, which attained its maximum territorial expansion during his reign (870–871, 871–894).

Svatopluk's career started in the 860s, when he governed a principality within Moravia, the location of which is still a matter of debate among historians, under the suzerainty of his uncle, Rastislav.

In 870 Svatopluk dethroned Rastislav, who was a vassal of Louis the German, and betrayed him to the Franks. Within a year, however, the Franks also imprisoned Svatopluk.

After the Moravians rebelled against the Franks, Svatopluk was released and led the rebels to victory over the invaders. Although he was obliged to pay tribute to East Francia under the peace treaty concluded at Forchheim (Germany) in 874, he was able to expand his territories outside the Franks' sphere of interest in the following years. His forces even invaded the March of Pannonia within East Francia in 882.

Svatopluk established a good relationship with the popes, and he and his people were formally taken under the protection of the Holy See in 880. Pope Stephen V even addressed him as "King" in a letter written in 885. Svatopluk seems to have wanted to appease the German clergy who opposed the conducting of the liturgy in Old Church Slavonic, and he expelled the disciples of Methodius from Moravia in 886, after their teacher's death.

Svatopluk's state was a loose assemblage of principalities and also included conquered territories. Not long after his death Svatopluk's realm of Great Moravia collapsed in the midst of a power struggle between his sons and the intensifying Hungarian raids.

Svatopluk, whose empire encompassed the whole or parts of the territory of modern Slovakia, has occasionally been presented as a "Slovak King" in literary works since the 18th century, the period of the Slovak national awakening.

A beautiful statue

Beautiful view. Worth the visit to get a wonderful view of Bratislava.

Beautiful views

Oversized statue of the Prince Svätopluk the 3rd king of the Great Moravia.

Majestic statue of king Svatopluk on horse.

Very nice view and interesting sculpture

A very beautiful place...

History well preserved.