The town castle was built as a fortified settlement in the lines
of the gold-bearing Kremnica in 1479-1508. It was the place
where the town's future was discussed and the town's riches were
kept. But it also served as a refuge from the external and
internal disturbances, especially from the Turkish threat and
the miners' rebellions. This fortified settlement which was
accessible through a gateway with a tower consists of a
parochial church, a town-hall, and a royal home, i. e. the so-
called Slovak church and parish. The oldest and the most
valuable building is the late Romanesque parochial church from
the l3th century. This church originally constituted the central
part of the mining settlement which turned into a mining town
later on. On the verge of the l5th and l6th centuries the
construction work on the church was carned a out under the
watchful eye of Master Pilgram. In those times the cross and
reticulated vaultings with figural brackets were erected as well
as the altar of St. Barbara which is attribut