Banská Štiavnica

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Banská Štiavnica is the oldest mining town in Slovakia. It was founded at the beginning of the 13th century. From that time, the Baroque-rebuilt church of the Dominicans and the former parish church of St. Mary, rebuilt in the third of the 16th century. to the fortress against the Turks.