Nitra Nitra is the oldest town in Slovakia, already established as such in early feudal Great Moravia. Written sources from the first third of the 9* century mention the consecration of a church to Pribin by the Bishop of Salcburk, Adalrám. One of the main political and economic centres of Great Moravia, Nitra is also an important archaeological area and has been seat of the Principality of Nitra, of Svätopluk, a bishopric and location of a chapter and the Benedictine monastery at Zobor where the oldest school in Slovakia was established. Belo IV granted Nitra the privileges of a free royal...