Historic Town of Banska Stiavnica (Slovakia) - Travel Guide
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Banska Stiavnica, a small city in Slovakia, was once an important medieval mining town for silver and gold.
The center of the city is a preserved medieval town, with many historical buildings, such as Saint Catherine Church.
One of the central features of the town is the Trinity Square, centered around a monument commemorating the plague.
The area has been a mining area for thousands of years, but the current town was established around the twelfth century.
Banska Stiavnica saw the height of its mining activity between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries as one of the most productive mining regions in Europe.
The city has the unusual claim of having two castles, both of which now operate as museums.
The Old Castle is a simple keep with four towers, while the New Castle is a larger and more elegant structure.
The mining facilities of Banska Stiavnica have become a large open-air museum, allowing visitors to explore the history here.
Apartmán Sv. Trojica, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, Bewertungen
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Apartmán Sv. Trojica is situated in Banská Štiavnica, 200 metres from Old Chateau Banska Stiavnica. New Chateau Banska Stiavnica is 400 metres from the property. Free WiFi is available throughout the property.
All units include a flat-screen TV and DVD player. A microwave and kettle are also provided. There is a private bathroom with free toiletries in every unit. Towels are featured.
Guests can enjoy various activities in the surroundings, including skiing, cycling and fishing. Old Chateau Banska Stiavnica is 400 metres from Apartmán Sv. Trojica, while The Church of St. Catherine is 800 metres away. Free private parking is available on site.
Apartmán Franko, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, Bewertungen
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Situated 400 metres from Old Chateau Banska Stiavnica and 200 metres from New Chateau Banska Stiavnica, Apartmán Franko offers accommodation in Banská Štiavnica. Apartmán Franko boasts views of the garden and is 200 metres from Old Chateau Banska Stiavnica. Free private parking is available on site.
There is a dining area and a kitchen as well as a private bathroom. A TV, as well as a CD player are available. Other facilities at Apartmán Franko include a barbecue. The apartment features free WiFi throughout the property.
The Church of St. Catherine is 400 metres from Apartmán Franko, while Chateau Svaty Anton is 6 km from the property.
Gyemant Balint (Transform Quintet) soloing on Jazznica 2009
This is a part of Transform Quintet guitarist Gyemant Balint solo on Jazznica Festival 2009, Slovakia, Banska Stiavnica. Recording device Sony HX1. Transform Quintet was the first band from saturday evening performances in St. Catherine Church of Banska Stiavnica.
Gábor Horváth from Transform Quintet piano solo on Jazznica 2009
The record was made on Jazznica festival 2009, in beautiful slovak town with gold mining history, Banska Stiavnica. This is a part of hungarian Transform Quintet performance from Saturday evening. Performances took place as usually in St. Catherine Church. Gabor Tojas (Egg) Horvath plays his rich piano solo here. Recorded with Sony HX1 digital camera with standard resolution mode. Sorry about several distortions in sound, St. Catherine Church is quite echoing.
Transform Quintet playing on Jazznica 2009
This is saturday performance of hungarian band Transform Quintet on Slovak festival Jazznica 2009, Banska Stiavnica. The happening took place in St. Catherine Church. I finally catch bass player Marton Eged and drummer Atilla Galfi here :)
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Slovakia ( ( listen); Slovak: Slovensko [ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ] ( listen)), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika, listen ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, second largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000.. In 1241 and 1242, much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe. The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans which became an important ethnic group in the area, especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia (1918–1939). A separate (First) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) existed during World War II as a totalitarian, clero-fascist one-party client state of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was re-established as an independent country. A coup in 1948 ushered in a totalitarian one-party state under the Communist regime during whose rule the country existed as a satellite of the Soviet Union. Attempts for liberalization of communism in Czechoslovakia culminated in the Prague Spring, which was crushed by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness. The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leave in the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the OECD, the WTO, CERN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group. Although regional income inequality is high, 90% of citizens own their homes. In 2018, Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 179 countries and territories, ranking the Slovak passport 10th in the world. Slovakia is the world's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union. The car industry represents 43% of Slovakia's industrial output, and a quarter of its exports.