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Thurzó House, Ethnographic Exhibition of the Central-Slovakian Museum

Thurzov dom
Thurzó House, Ethnographic Exhibition of the Central-Slovakian Museum
Thurzov dom
Original function:
seat of an institution
Current function:
museum
Settlement:
Besztercebánya, Banská Bystrica
Address:
Námestie SNP 4, 974 01 Banská Bystrica
Historical Hungarian county:
Zólyom
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.735122, 19.145506
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History

Thurzó János opened a copper forge and a water-smithy in the town in 1495. He purchased two houses and turned them into a Renaissance palace. It became the seat of the Thurzó-Fugger Mining and Trading Company.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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