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The main restoration phase is over, the new one is starting
Friday, October 12, 2018, will be written in Banská Štiavnica’s Calvary history in capital letters. On this day, with the participation of a number of important guests, the general partner of the VUB Foundation, other sponsors and the public, the ceremony ended the main stage of Calvary restoration, which has been running since 2008. We […]
Pavement and railing restoration
The footpaths in the Calvary area have been hit by the weather and high traffic in a number of sections to an unfavorable state, thereby reducing the safety of visitors. We gradually repair all damaged sections. Recently we focused on the most damaged part, between chapel no. 18 and Ecce Homo. It seems that with […]
Restoration of the statues of the Christ and two villains
As we are systematically preparing for the openening of the Upper Church in october 2018, we continue with the restoration of three preserved Baroque statues of crucified on Golgotha. Two of them have been restored, the statues of the villains, crucified with Jesus. The sculptures, originally a much richer altar on Golgotha, were deposited in […]
We keep on working on the Upper Church
We continue to renovate the Upper Church. The portal has been restored already last year, now we are focused on the renovation of its plastere. Working on the top floor of the scaffolding is quite a dramatic experience, especially because of the wind, which is almost constantly on calvary blowing. Under the cement plasters restorator […]
The first „Run for Calvary“ was fantastic
At Calvary in Banská Štiavnica, the first year „Run for Calvary“ was held, with a rich program and lots of participants. His main idea was to create a family and sports program for the general public while helping restore the Calvary. The event took place in the area of the Calvary Information Center. Every participant […]
Balance of restoration of Calvary Banská Štiavnica in 2017 at a glance
Chapel Ecce homo The opening of this year’s construction season was associated with the opening of the Ecce homo chapel and the dungeon (in the axis below the Upper Church) in June 2017. Several restaurateurs and craftsmen participated in its restoration. It required a challenging restoration of stone elements and stone balustrades, restoration of plaster […]
Calvary was prepared for the winter
Weather has been inadvertently reporting the arrival of the coldest season of the year, and work in the Calvary exteriors is slowly moving to restoration studios. Since the Upper Church restoration has begun some time has elapsed, a large portion of the restored entrance portal has been added, and the restoration of interior frescoes has […]
The portal of the Upper church is enriched with a cartridge
Almost 400 kg weighed replica of the original cartridge with the inscription „Jesus Meine Liebe ist GeCreutziget“ was in August 23, 2017, with the help of 3 restorers and a special lifting mechanism installed above the portal of the Upper Church. Preparations for the fixation lasted for several hours and lifting the cartridge up to […]
2016 at the Calvary was eventful
2016 was the ninth year of renovation work on Calvary. It was the year when traffic grew again – exposition was visited by over 23,000 people and total area of at least 55,000 visitors. Due to the ever increasing traffic, in 2015 we purchased the site of the former municipal forests that we have in […]
The new Visitor center is open
We are pleased to announce that on July 29, 2016, we, after several months of intense work, could inaugurate the new Visitor center Calvary. The opening was attended by representatives of the general sponsor – VUB Foundation, Mrs. Magda Vášáryová – the first sponsor of one of the chapels, town representatives, parish priest of Banská […]
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