The Clock Tower is the most noticeable and best known landmark on the SNP Square in Banská Bystrica. It has had several names throughout its history – the name Clock…
The Clock Tower is the most noticeable and best known landmark on the SNP Square in Banská Bystrica. It has had several names throughout its history – the name Clock…
Banská Bystrica was one of the most strategically important cities in Hungary. The city grew and enjoyed wealth thanks to the mining of copper and silver ores in the surrounding…
The art gallery in Praetorium is focused on temporary exhibitions of contemporary national and international art. It serves primarily as an experimental space for curatorial and research projects, but also…
The Matthias House was built in 1479 within the City Castle site and was incorporated into Mining Bastion. The 4-storey building was built close to the Slovak Church. The rooms…
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, built in the 13th century on the basis of a Romanesque basilica, is the oldest building not only within the castle…
Thurzo House is one of the oldest preserved secular buildings in Banská Bystrica. The earliest record of the house, found in archives, dates back to 1495, when the mining entrepreneur…
The influence of Slovak National Uprising (hereinafter “SNP”) on the post-war development in Slovakia and the need to document and first of all to preserve the documentation of active participation…
The Dominik Skutecký Villa with garden is a unique family villa built in Banská Bystrica at the request of painter Dominik Skutecký according to his artistic taste and admiration of…
Church of St. Francis Xavier – the collegiate church, today also known as the Cathedral, was built at the beginning of the 18th century. The layout of the church was inspired…
Explore the day and night sky at Vartovka Observatory which used to serve as a guard tower. Nowadays you can get there by following the hiking path marked in yellow.