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Upper Hungary / Slovakia

Barbican

Hrad Banská Bystrica
Barbican
Hrad Banská Bystrica
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
restaurant / confectionery / café
Address:
Námestie Š. Moysesa 38, 974 01 Banská Bystrica
Historical Hungarian county:
Zólyom
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.736662, 19.146387
Google map:

History

It was once a half-round bastion with a Baroque tower.

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