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Charming between the hills: Kremnica/Kremnitz, Slovakia

The well-preserved small medieval town of Kremnica (in German, which is historically used in the region it is Kremnitz), in central-Slovakia, is built above important gold mines and is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world. Over the course of many centuries, gold and silver was mined from here, until 1970, when all the mines were closed. Though the supply of gold may have been depleted, its charm has not...

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Uploaded on August 11, 2014
Taken on August 5, 2014