Culture & Arts
Banská Štiavnica is a town where history meets a rich cultural and artistic scene.
Its lanes breathe history, yet pulse with contemporary life. The town has plenty of museums and galleries that bring its rich history and art closer to visitors – from the Open-air Mining Museum, where you can experience the authentic atmosphere of mining life, to modern galleries showcasing contemporary art. Throughout the year, Banská Štiavnica hosts numerous festivals celebrating music, theatre, literature and film.
The historic town centre is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is home to many monuments, such as the Old Castle and the New Castle, St Catherine’s Church and the Calvary. Each of these buildings tells its own story and adds to the town’s unique atmosphere. If you’re looking for interactive experiences, there are exhibitions such as the Bank of Love, where you can discover the longest love poem in the world, or the Glanzenberg Hereditary Adit, which takes you underground right beneath the town. Banská Štiavnica is a place where everyone finds something to enjoy – whether you are a history or art lover, or just looking for new experiences.
The ruins of Sitno Castle stand on the andesite crags of Sitno Hill, which gave the castle its name. Sitno was once a mighty medieval stone […]
Farma Behanovo (750 m above sea level) is a family business that mainly makes herbal and fruit syrups, using fruit from its own orchards and herbs […]
This Roman Catholic church, a single-nave Baroque and Classicist building with a presbytery, is the oldest monument in the village. Of particular interest are the three […]
The village is home to a private museum created from a collection of nostalgic objects from the 1960s and 1970s. You will find televisions, radios, motorbikes […]
The Evangelical church stands in the middle of the mining settlement. It acquired its Classicist appearance in 1858, as the date on the altar shows, although […]
This Classicist building with a sacristy dates from 1804 and was financed by the mining company of the Moder mine. The church has been restored several […]
In 1536 a Watch House was built on a steep spur with a good view over the main valley. Watch posts like this one, set up […]
Mines rich in silver, gold, iron and copper always attracted swarms of highwaymen. So from the 15th century Hodruša had a store for smelted precious metals, […]
From the 18th century, the Schöpfer mine was one of the most important mines in the Hodruša valley. One of the earliest records of the Schöpfer […]