5-five-5: Banská Štiavnica

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.