MEDIEVAL SACRAL ARCHITECTURE IN BANSKÁ ŠTIAVNICA – ARCHITECTURAL INTERPRETATION

Knowledge about the architectural–historical development of medieval sacral buildings in Banská Štiavnica has gained clearer contours in recent years thanks to many new findings from monument research and published studies that have been processed in the last two decades. Based on these scientific documents, we have elaborated on the theoretical reconstructions of the medieval architectural form of the churches and chapels of Banská Štiavnica from the thirteenth to the middle of the sixteenth century: Romanesque churches and chapels: the Church of the Virgin Mary, the Chapel of St Michael and the monastery Church of St Nicholas; Gothic churches and chapels: the Hospital Church of St Elizabeth of Hungary, the castle Chapel on Glanzenberg Hill, the late Gothic church of Our Lady of the Snows, the Town Hall Chapel of St Anne and the Church of St Catherine. The authors connect new knowledge with their recent research into the medieval residential development of the city.