Modra

City gate in Modra

Modra (-Slovak, German: Modern, Hungarian: Modor, Latin: Modorinum) is a city and municipality in the Bratislava Region in Slovakia. It has a population of 8,618 as of 2002. It nestles in the foothills of the Malé Karpaty and is an excellent centre for walking.

Modra is famous for its ceramic industry. Its blue-and-white china is famous throughout Slovakia.

Ľudovít Štúr, who died here, has a memorial and a small museum called Štúrova izba (Štúr's room) in Modra.

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