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Banská Stiavnica

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Slovakia

Best of: Architecture, Medieval, Old Town

Description:

Over the centuries, the town of Banská tiavnica 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. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Banská Stiavnica", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.