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3 unusual facts about Nitra


Benedict of Szkalka

In 1083 his relics were translated to the St. Emmeram's Cathedral in Nitra where they remain to this day.

Ghymes

Ghymes band - consisting of Hungarians living in Slovakia - was founded at the University of Education in Nitra in 1984, by musicians with different preliminary musical experiences from classical through rock and Renaissance music.

Helmar Frank

Frank taught as a guest or honorary professor at the Technische Universität Berlin and the universities of Guangzhou, Nitra, Prague, Rosario, and Sibiu.


2009 ESC Youth League

In the Western region, joint preliminary rounds were held in 2008 at Nitra (Slovakia) and Fleury-les-Aubrais (France).

Arnulf of Carinthia

As early as 880, Arnulf had designs on Great Moravia, and had the Frankish bishop Wiching of Nitra interfere with the missionary activities of Methodius, with the aim of preventing any potential for creating a unified Moravian nation.

Igor Demo

Demo was born and grew up in Nitra, and he started his professional career playing for the local team FC Nitra.

Nové Mesto, Bratislava

Three roads passed throughout the area: one from Bratislava to Modra, second to Vajnory and the third to Trnava and Nitra.

Rakby

Ramón Beňo (born 5 March 1989 in Nitra), better known by his stage name Rakby, is a Slovak rapper, currently cooperating mainly with fellow Slovak rapper Bacil.

Seydouba Soumah

He previously played for Nitra and University of Pretoria in the South African National First Division.

Shmuel Dovid Halberstam

He is one of seven children born in his father's second marriage to Chaya Nechama Ungar, daughter of the Nitra Rav, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar.

Zvi Elimelech Halberstam

Halberstam was a child of his father's second marriage in 1947 to Chaya Nechama Ungar, the orphaned daughter of the Nitra Rav, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar.


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