Banská Štiavnica - Bańska Szczawnica

Banská Štiavnica
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Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
Surface	46.736 km²
Population	10 200
Area code	421-45
Postal Code	969 01
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Banská Štiavnica - city in Banská Bystrica country, in the Bańska Szczawnica poviat on Slovakia.

Characteristic

Geographic location: 48 ° 27'30.4 "N 18 ° 53'43.9" E.

Drive

By plane

The nearest airport is Sliac Airport. Direct flights to the Bratislava airport are offered by Wizz Air from Warsaw, and to the airport in Košice by PLL LOT from Warsaw.

By rail

No railway line passes through Banska Szczawnica.

By car

National Road No. 51 passes through Banska Szczawnica.

By bus

By ship

Communication

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Worth seeing

Banská Štiavnica is one of the richest towns in Slovakia. Among them stand out:

• the baroque column of the Holy Trinity in the square of the same name in the city center;
• Marian Column on the Town Hall Square;
• The Old Castle with a museum exhibition;
• New Castle with a museum exhibition;
• gothic church of St. Catherine from the 15th century;
• church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• gothic, towerless church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow;
• baroque-classicist evangelical church;
• a complex of baroque Calvary buildings on the Scharfenberg hill;
• town hall;
• buildings of the former Kammerhoff - today the seat of the Slovak Mining Museum;
• building of the so-called klopački;
• a complex of buildings of the former AGH University of Science and Technology with an adjacent arboretum;
• the building of the former mining court, today housing the Mineralogical Museum.

The attraction is the technical open-air museum in the area of ​​the former mine (with a tour in the underground tunnel), as well as the Glanzenberg adit located under the city center.

Old castle

The bell of Saint Donat at the castle tower

Nearest neighborhood

• Releases,
• Žarnovica.

work

Science

Shopping

Cafes and restaurants

• Restaurant 4Sochy,
• Restaurant 6/4,
• Gallery Restaurant - Barák.

Festivals, parties

Accommodation

contact

Security

Tourist information

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