Banská Bystrica

Banská Bystrica is best known in Slovakia for its role as the centre of the 1944 Slovak National Uprising. The city stands on the Hron River in central Slovakia, between the Low Tatras and the Kremnica Mountains. Námestie SNP, its main square, includes the Marian Column, the Baroque Bishop’s Palace and a 16th-century Clock Tower. The Museum of the Slovak National Uprising records the resistance movement that gave the square its name. Once an important royal mining town associated with copper, Banská Bystrica still has a compact historic core. Browse webcams around Banská Bystrica and central Slovakia to see how the city belongs to its wider region.

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