Historyy
1211
• the first written reference of Trnava
1238
• Hungarian king Belo IV granted Trnava town the privileges of free royal town
• Trnava became the first free royal town on the territory of the present Slovakia
• Trnava belonged to the biggest towns in the middle Europe in the 13th century
• from the time of creation Trnava keeps up to this day unique fortification with brick
square towers, that fringed the present historical centre
1347
• justifying of the oldest seal of Trnava
1382
• Hungarian and at the same time Polish king Luis Big the 1st died in Trnava
1543
• coming of Esztergom archbishopric and canonry to Trnava after occupation of Eszergom
by Turkish
• Trnava became for nearly three hundred years the culture and religious centre of
Hungarian empire
• Trnava let to the next generations spiritual mission and heritage recasted into beauty of
architectural jewels
1635
• cardinal Peter Pázmany established Trnava University, which was the only one university
in the Hungarian empire at the time of its activity
1846
• the first horse rail-way in Hungary was installed into operation, line Bratislava – Trnava
1977
• establishment of the Slovak Clerical Province with the seat in Trnava
1987
• proclamation of historic centre as the city monumental zone
1992
• re-opening of Trnava University
1996
• Trnava became the regional seat