The Holy Trinity Square
The Holy Trinity Square
The Holy Trinity Square
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The main town square was formed at the beginning of the 16th century and today it is the core of the town. The Town Hall and the St. Catherine church, rich burgers palaces on the square sides and the plague column with of the Holy Trinity statuary form one of the city´s architectural highlights.
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Roland N
Trnava, Slovakia2,915 contributions
Oct 2019 • Family
Beautiful centrum of the town. Especially when good weather, just to sit and relax. You can continue up the street and you will appear in the forest and in 15min by beautiful blue water lake Velka Vodarenska.
Written 14 October 2019
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Marc Cadotte
Toronto, Canada199 contributions
Sept 2019
Banksa Stiavnica is a lovely historic town. A great way to spend an hour or two walking as a stopover between Bratislava and the High Tatras. I wouldn't make it a destination, you can get much of the same history in other places.
Written 15 September 2019
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SurreyGirl27
Addlestone, UK1,137 contributions
Sept 2014 • Friends
Probably better known as Holy Trinity square formed around 15th century amongst the burgher houses in the midlle of the steep town square. Beautifully designed and a memrial to those lost in the town.
Written 21 September 2014
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Jan T
Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia30 contributions
Nov 2013 • Friends
It is worthy to come here, take a pictures, drink a coffee... nice cosy location.
Strongly recommended places:
- Gavalier Café (in upper part of the square, far the best selection of home-made desserts and extraordinary coffe)
- antiquarian bookshop "Antivariatik" - many old books about Banská Štiavnica (not only in Slovak)
- visitor centre - all necessary information about tourist offer in the Banská Štiavnica region
- art shop "Diela a dielka slovenských výtvarníkov" (just next to the Plague Column) - really wide offer of works of art and souvenirs
The only drawback of the place is many of cars parking there, but it is anyway one of the most charming locations in the town.
Strongly recommended places:
- Gavalier Café (in upper part of the square, far the best selection of home-made desserts and extraordinary coffe)
- antiquarian bookshop "Antivariatik" - many old books about Banská Štiavnica (not only in Slovak)
- visitor centre - all necessary information about tourist offer in the Banská Štiavnica region
- art shop "Diela a dielka slovenských výtvarníkov" (just next to the Plague Column) - really wide offer of works of art and souvenirs
The only drawback of the place is many of cars parking there, but it is anyway one of the most charming locations in the town.
Written 25 November 2013
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Tonyqg
Bratislava, Slovakia7 contributions
Aug 2012
must see, beautiful architecture and views , the TOWN has just a great architecture and it's definitely a Place to SEE!!!!
Written 6 October 2012
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Stanusik
Slovakia19 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
nice historical buildings all around..restaurants, cafes, churches, museum, gallery and so on...parking for fee till 5 pm
Written 25 July 2016
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ogol17
Joshua Tree, CA981 contributions
Oct 2015 • Family
We felt like this entire town was a bit overrated. The old streets and squares are nice, but many central European cities have much nicer streets and squares.
Written 1 October 2015
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JoEllen Z
Ludlow, UK131 contributions
Nov 2014 • Friends
A stunning plague column monument in the center of this square, surrounded by restaurants, great art shops and physically beautiful, restored buildings. The climb up the hill can be a real bear, especially in the winter!
Written 4 November 2014
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Wolszczak
Warsaw, Poland1,718 contributions
Apr 2012 • Family
The square is rather small, but well renovated with a few attractions, like the key Holy Trinity monument. A church, town hall and entry to the nearby mines are just a few attraction to be visited on the square. There aren't many cafe/restaurants on the square, so it's not a lively place.
It is really nice at night.
It is really nice at night.
Written 13 March 2013
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Zoran_GM67
Belgrade25 contributions
Apr 2011
Center and the most beautiful place in Banska Stiavnica. The square is lined by splended old houses. In the middle there is a plague column, Holy Trinity Column, built out of gratiude for the end of the plague which had troubled the town from 1710 to 1711. At the bottom, the sare is limited by the Town Hall and the Church of St. Catherine. Very calm, pleasant place, have a cup of coffee there.
Written 10 March 2012
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