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Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

Slovakia
Date of Inscription: 1993
Criteria: (iv)(v)
Core zone: 20632 ha
Buffer zone: 62128 ha
Town and District of Banská Štiavnica, Region of Banská Bystrica
N48 27 39.996 E18 53 60
Ref: 618rev

Brief Description

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.

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