Banská Bystrica

Banská Bystrica Region · Slovakia

Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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May to September
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A former mining town in central Slovakia, Banská Bystrica centres on a broad square of pastel burgher houses beneath a leaning clock tower. A fortified church complex and old town walls recall wealth from copper mining.

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