Hronský Beňadik Monastery

Banská Bystrica Region · Slovakia

Hronský Beňadik Monastery, Slovakia
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A fortified Benedictine monastery above the Hron river, its Gothic church and cloister ringed by later anti-Ottoman defensive walls. A relic of the Holy Blood drew medieval pilgrims. The complex commands the valley from a rocky spur.

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