Tradition says that an underground passage once ran beneath the Danube between Bratislava Castle and Wolfsthal Castle on the opposite bank in Austria. It is now supposedly blocked by enormous boulders that are really enchanted nobles who plotted a rebellion against Maria Theresa. As punishment, the empress had a local witch turn them into rocks. Another legend identifies them as former lovers whom the ruler had enchanted to stop them revealing her romantic intrigues.
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- Place
- Bratislava
- Municipality / starting point
- Bratislava
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Location in the sources
- Not specified in the sources.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 69
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.