- Trnavské mýto
Trnavské mýto is an important transport junction and intersection in
Bratislava in the Nové Mesto district. It is located at coord|48|9|30|N|17|07|41|E|type:city_scale:30000.Description
The area includes a square, home to Dom odborov Istropolis on the north side and a market hall ("tržnica") on the south. In addition to the streets listed below, Trnavské mýto is crossed by tram lines from the city center heading both northeast on Vajnorská toward
Vajnory and east via Miletičova towardRužinov , as well as trolleybus lines from the east and west and bus service in all directions.A pedestrian subway ( _sk. podchod) links the corners of the intersection with the tram stops, and includes several small shops.
History
Trnavské mýto takes its name from its situation on the road connecting
Bratislava toTrnava ("Trnavská") and from the toll point ("mýto"), though no tolls are collected there.Formerly, a large marketplace was located here [cite book | last = Lacika | first = Ján | title = Bratislava | series = Visiting Slovakia | year = 2000 | publisher = [http://www.dajama.sk/ DAJAMA] | isbn = 80-88975-16-6 | pages = p. 195 ] but was later moved to
Miletičova ulica .*
1783 : Marketplace"Bratislava-Nové Mesto", p. 64]
*1820 : Cattle market, pub
*1973 : Construction of the Dom odborov office tower ["Bratislava-Nové Mesto", p. 54]
*1975 : Underpass constructed; marketplace relocated
*1981 : Construction of Istropolis cultural center ["Bratislava-Nové Mesto", p. 55]Connecting streets
*Šancová to the west, toward
Račianske mýto
*Trnavská cesta to the east, towardTrnava
*Vajnorská to the northeast, towardVajnory
*Krížna to the southwest, toward the Old TownNotes
References
cite book
title = Monografia mestskej časti Bratislava-Nové Mesto
year = 1998
publisher = Miestny úrad Bratislava-Nové Mesto
location = Bratislava
language = Slovak
isbn = 80-967854-4-3
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