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HERITAGE RECORD · 618

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

历史名城班斯卡-什佳夫尼察及其工程建筑区

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World Heritage record

Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval mining centre grew into a town with Renaissance palaces, 16th-century churches, elegant squares and castles. The urban centre blends into the surrounding landscape, which contains vital relics of the mining and metallurgical activities of the past.

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QIDQ16912647

Administrative areaQ208110

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Cultural archive

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Brief synthesis The Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity is an outstanding example of an important mining settlement that has developed since the Middle Ages.

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