Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Overview
Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval mining centre grew into a town with Renaissance palaces, 16th-century churches, elegant squares and castles. The urban centre blends into the surrounding landscape, which contains vital relics of the mining and metallurgical activities of the past.
About Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of less than 10,000. It is a completely preserved medieval town. Because of their historical value, the town and its surroundings were proclaimed by the UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site on December 11, 1993.
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- Countries
- Slovakia
- ISO Codes
- SK
- Area
- 20,632 ha
- Coordinates
- 48.4611, 18.9000
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