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

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Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of less than 10,000. The town was an important medieval mining centre. The surviving urban centre was formed during the 16th century. Because of their historical value, the town and its surroundings were proclaimed by the UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site on December 11, 1993.

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Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity is a cultural World Heritage site in Slovakia, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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