Banska Kremnica, Slovakia/banska020

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Banská Štiavnica has been designated as a World Heritage Site. To chemists it is important as the site of the famous Mining School which was founded in 1770. Almost simultaneously, several mining schools were created across Europe – Freiberg (1767), Schemnitz (1770), St. Petersburg (1773), Almadén (1777), and Paris (1778).