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

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.

 Slovakia

Town and District of Banská Štiavnica, Region of Banská Bystrica

N48 27 39.996 E18 53 60

Date of Inscription: 1993

Criteria: (iv)(v)

Property : 20,632 ha

Buffer zone: 62,128 ha

Ref: 618rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments

Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact.

The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul.

 Slovakia

N48 59 58 E20 46 3

Date of Inscription: 1993

Extension: 2009

Criteria: (iv)

Property : 1,351 ha 

Buffer zone: 12,581 ha

Ref: 620bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve

Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve

Bardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also contains a small Jewish quarter around a fine 18th-century synagogue.

 Slovakia

Town and District of Bardejov, Prešov Region

N49 17 35.988 E21 16 45.012

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (iii)(iv)

Property : 24 ha 

Buffer zone: 13 ha

Ref: 973

Source: http://whc.unesco.org