Facts in brief:
Situated on Danube river; inhabited by Celts & Romans; occupied by Slavs 8th cen.; Archbishop's Palace served as site for signing of Treaty
of Pressburg between Napoleon & Austrian emperor Francis II after Battle of Austerlitz in 1805.
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