Beginning with the Middle Ages, Banská Bystrica rose to prominence in the region and eventually became its capital. Interestingly, it got a large boost during the 15th c. with the importation by the current local ruler of German engineers and miners. It is now an Autonomous Region, incorporating twelve different towns and areas. Banská Štiavnica and Kremnica are among these. We visited Banská Štiavnica, which has an even more pervasive historical flavour and has been designated by the UN as a world heritage site.
The top image is a map of Slovakia and its location in Europe. Click on the image to get an enlarged view. Banská Bystrica is roughly in the centre. The capital, Bratislava, is on the southwestern edge and just across the border with Austria, close to Vienna.
After that, there are scenes of BB from our hotel room. Other than a large, ugly roof right below our balcony, the view is quite spectacular. One of them is of a well-known museum and memorial dedicated to the National uprising of 1944.
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