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Mikovinyi House

Mikoviniho dom
Mikovinyi House
Mikoviniho dom
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Selmecbánya, Banská Štiavnica
Address:
Andreja Kmeťa 10, 969 01 Banská Štiavnica
Historical Hungarian county:
Hont
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.458624, 18.894652
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History

It was the house of Mikovinyi Sámuel, who was an engineer and a Renaissance man. Several water reservoirs in the area were built at his recommendation and in 1735 he became the first teacher of the mining school that later became the Academy of Mining.

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