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 wealthy mining town of Banská Štiavnica needed a reliable link to the main railway network in the Hron valley. In 1873 a narrow-gauge line from […]
In the 18th century, the famous imperial and royal post and trade route Magna Via (the Great Road) passed through Kozelník. Right in the village stood […]
The village’s most striking landmark is its historic 19th-century bell tower, built of timber and masonry. This national cultural monument has undergone a complete restoration, saving […]
The village is home to the Classicist Chapel of St John of Nepomuk, dating from 1855. Its special feature is the kneeling figures of two miners […]
The entrance to the adit is in the upper part of Vyhne. The entrance portalis built of dressed stone blocks and fitted with a solid steel […]
The Chamber Vice-Count’s Office is part of the conservation area of technical monuments. This two-storey Baroque block stands in the middle of the village. It was […]
This is one of the village’s old historic buildings, in which a miners’ hospital was set up. It was founded in 1648. It served as an […]
This building in the middle of the village, below the road, was built in the Baroque style in the second half of the 18th century on […]
In the mid-18th century, monks of the Hieronymite order built a monastery complex with St Joseph’s Church, with the help of the state mining treasury and […]