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Miner's Bastion

Banícka bašta
Miner's Bastion
Banícka bašta
Original function:
castle / fortification
Current function:
museum
Address:
Zámocké nám. 568/1
Historical Hungarian county:
Bars
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.706384, 18.918121
Google map:

History

The bastion was originally the presbytery of the never-finished church of the Nativity of Virgin Mary. It was built around 1450 and was turned into a bastion in the 16th century.

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