Banská Štiavnica — Silver, in the crater of a volcano

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia · 2 places documented

Banská Štiavnica holds 2 places documented in this archive, among them Banská Štiavnica and Its Technical Monuments (Slovakia) and Nový zámok.

What this page is

This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.

Why visit

Banská Štiavnica sits inside an immense caldera left by the collapse of an ancient volcano, and its fortune was silver: the first mining settlement here was founded by the Celts in the third century BC.

Origins and history

The fate of Banská Štiavnica has been closely linked to the exploitation of its silver ore. Excavations show the site was settled in the Neolithic, and the first mining settlement was founded by the Celts in the 3rd century BC.

Key facts

Country: Slovakia
Places in this archive: 2
Centre of the documented entries: 48.4568°N, 18.8951°E

Places documented in Banská Štiavnica

Banská Štiavnica and Its Technical Monuments (Slovakia) — In the volcanic hills of central Slovakia, Banská Štiavnica is one of the most extraordinary industrial heritage towns in Central Europe — a
Nový zámok — A castle crowning the highest point of Banská Štiavnica at 630m altitude, Nový zámok dominates the Slovak city's skyline from its hilltop po

What is on in Banská Štiavnica

Birth Anniversary: Johann Joseph Rösler — August 22, 1771 — 22 August 2027

Sources

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Birth Anniversary: Johann Joseph Rösler — August 22, 1771
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