The bust of the poet Andrej Sládkovič in the Botanical Garden was unveiled in 1971.
Born Andrej Braxatoris, he worked as a tutor in the house of Pavol Pischl, where he met Marína Pischlová and fell deeply in love with her – a love that was never fulfilled. The pinnacle of his poetic work is considered to be the poem Marína, which is recorded as the longest love poem in the world. It has 2,700 verses and 100,000 characters.
