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On the sign:
WOLFGANG KEMPELEN BRATISLAVSKÝ RODÁK 1734-1804 ŠACHOVEHO AUTOMATU PRESLAVIL NAŠE MESTO VYNALEZOM
Commemorative plaque for Bratislava native Wolfgang von Kempelen who invented the "Turk" a machine that played chess, so called because the doll that was displayed above the machine resembled a Turk. It was a doll that played chess, and beat many players. Over the years, the invention was revealed to be a fraud, because inside the box that contained the "machine" was hidden a flesh and blood chess player.
The machine was invented by Kempelen after a visit to the court of the Archduchess Maria Theresa, where he saw a number of inventions, and to impress the empress he built this machine.
Translation of the text on the sign: WOLFGANG KEMPELEN A NATIVE OF BRATISLAVA HE MADE OUR CITY FAMOUS WITH THE INVENTION OF CHESS AUTOMATA
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