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Bratislava Calvary

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The Bratislava Calvary is a site located in Bratislava, Slovakia, that represents the remains of the original Stations of the Cross from 1694, which was built to commemorate the victory of the Christian allied troops over the Turkish army at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. It is located in the Old Town district above Pražská Street. The foundation stone was laid on 27 May 1694, when a procession ceremony was held. On 14 September 1694, the central cross of the Calvary was consecrated. The Calvary was built in the years 1694–1702, and was completed in 1725.

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The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava - SMU (Slovak: Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave) is a state "college of university type" seated in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was created by law from 25 June 2002 with effect from 1 September 2002 and replaced the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine (Slovenská postgraduálna akadémia medicíny). The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava (SMU) is an educational institution proudly keeping the tradition of education of healthcare workers in specialized studies and continuous lifelong education in Slovakia. The Slovak Institute for Postgraduate Education of Physicians, established on May 1, 1953, in Trenčín, laid the foundations of education of healthcare professionals in Slovakia. From July 7, 1966, the Institute moved into new premises in Bratislava, under a new name – The Institute of Further Education of Physicians and Pharmacists, which remained until 1991. On July 1, 1991, the name was changed to the Institute for Further Education of Professionals in Healthcare, and later, resulting from requirements in practice, the last change on November 1, 1998, transformed it into the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine in Bratislava. On September 1, 2002, the Slovak Medical University was founded in Bratislava by Act No. 401/2002 Coll. of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the establishment of the Slovak Medical University, as a state university of higher education. The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is the only university in Slovakia that provides monothematic education for healthcare professions in all three degrees of higher education, and at the same time, the only institution that has guaranteed complex education of healthcare workers in Slovakia under various names since 1953.