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Banska Bystrica Region
Banská Bystrica District
Banská Bystrica District
Banská Bystrica district (Slovak: Okres Banská Bystrica) is one of the 13 districts of Banska Bystrica region in Slovakia. It has an area of 809.4 km², its total population is more than 110,000 people and the population density is 137.12 inhabitants per km². The district capital is Banská Bystrica city, which is the only urban-type settlement among more than 40 villages located in the district. Until 1918 the district was a part of the county of Zvolen within the Kingdom of Hungary.
Worth seeing:
Architectural monuments
- Barbican and the city defensive walls (XVIth century) in Banská Bystrica city
- Matthias house (1479) in Banská Bystrica city
- Banská Bystrica city castle (XIIth-XVth centuries) in Banská Bystrica city
- Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1255, 14th cent., 1761, 1770) in Banská Bystrica city
- Jesuit church of St. Francis Xavier (XVIIIth century) in Banská Bystrica city
- Church of the Holy Cross (1492, 1782) in Banská Bystrica city
- Ľupča (Lyupcha) castle (XIIIth century) in Slovenská Ľupča village
- Marian column (1719) in Banská Bystrica city
- Benicky family palace (XVIth century) in Dolná Mičiná village
- The palace of Radvaňsky family (XVIth-XVIIth centuries) in Banská Bystrica city
- Town Hall (XVIth century) in Banská Bystrica city
- The remains of Barchyjovsky family palace (XVIIth century) in Banská Bystrica city
- Tikhanovsky manor house (XIXth century) in Banská Bystrica city
- Thurzo's house (XVth-XVIth centuries) in Banská Bystrica city
Natural monuments
- Harmanecká Cave or Harmanec Cave in Dolný Harmanec village
Resorts
- Donovaly ski resort in Donovaly village
- Brusno SPA resort in Brusno village
Museums
- Slovak National Uprising museum in Banská Bystrica city
- Central Slovakia museum in Banská Bystrica city