The statue of Štiavnický Nácko appeared on the ”trotuár” (promenade) in Banská Štiavnicain October 2013.
Standing 160 cm tall, it is a symbolic portrait of Nácko, whose name is a colloquial form of the first name Ignác. Nácko represents a simple, good-natured and cheerful miner who embodies the lighter side of the life and work of every generation of miners. Nácko was never a real person, although several miners were honoured with the nickname – men whose good spirits, humour and wit, delivered in proper Štiavnica dialect, could ease the tense and oppressive moments of work underground.
