St. Catherine's Church

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine was built in the years 1488-91 in late Gothic style. Its nave is topped by a star-shaped vault. The crypts below the church contain burial places of prominent citizens and vogts of the town. The surviving original Gothic inventory includes a stone baptismal font, a 15th-century cross, and a late Gothic sculpture of the Virgin Mary. The organ is from the end of the 18th century.

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Radničné námestie 16-18, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
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Founded: 1488-1491
Category: Religious sites in Slovakia

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Martin Esner (9 months ago)
Stojí za vidění
karter teso (10 months ago)
Pekné, historické miesto.
Vladimir Siladi (14 months ago)
Mam rad tento kostol. Skoda, ze uz nie je prioritne pre bohosluzby. V lete treba platit vstupne.
Tomasz Napierala (16 months ago)
Pretty nice interior. However, not for free. You will be charged 0.7 EUR per person.
Miguel Machado (4 years ago)
Good architecture.
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