Holiday apartment in Svätý Anton: Mansion, Park and Sitno

Svätý Anton combines historic buildings, a varied park landscape and the mountain world of the Štiavnické vrchy. Between the mansion, churches, exhibitions and a marked cycle route, the village offers a multifaceted picture in which cultural history and landscape are clearly visible together.

Culture

The mansion of Svätý Anton and the adjacent park have been national cultural monuments since 1985 and are open to the public. The park is designed as a baroque landscape park with landscaped terraces, flower beds, shrubs, valuable trees, artificial ponds and a grotto. It then transitions into a freely designed woodland park. Clearly structured garden elements and a more informal woodland landscape thus alternate directly with one another.

The architectural history of the village also includes the single-nave Church of St Anthony the Hermit and the Chapel of St John of Nepomuk. The church was built in 1755. It contains a wooden Madonna and a panel painting of the Nativity attributed to Master MS. The chapel is a baroque building dating from 1755 to 1758. Its defining details include a decorative Rococo grille and the coat of arms of the Koháry family.

The hunting exhibition features animal dioramas, a hunting room and hunting weapons. The exhibition is complemented by topics relating to falconry and fishing. The Dni sv. Huberta festival in Svätý Anton includes nationwide Slovak hunting celebrations with a historical reenactment. The 34th edition lasted two days and was held in the historic grounds of the mansion in Svätý Anton.

History

The mansion of Svätý Anton was built in 1744 on the site of an older castle. This older castle had been built for Andrej Koháry, who was the head of the Hont County administration and an imperial general. The former Mýtnica had a different historical function: since before the middle of the 14th century, it had served as a toll and relay station. Since its reconstruction in the 1950s, it has been used for cultural and social events.

Ruins in the wider regional area also point to former buildings. These include the Šášov Ruin and the Stará Huta Ruin. Both destinations are therefore part of the historic surroundings, without their former function or construction period having to be equated with those of Svätý Anton.

Landscape

The museum in Svätý Anton lies in the heart of the Štiavnické vrchy, on the boundary between Sitnianska vrchovina to the west and Skalka to the east. The mountains of Jablonová, Saský Vrch and Sitno are located in the vicinity of Svätý Anton. Skalka is a mountain in the surroundings of Svätý Anton.

Cycling

A marked cycle route leads from Svätý Anton to Sitno along existing asphalt roads. Sitno is the highest peak of the Štiavnické vrchy. The total elevation gain for the entire route is stated as 573 metres. The route is therefore clearly characterized by its starting point, road surface, destination and total elevation gain.

If you would like to explore the area beyond Svätý Anton, further village pages lead to Dekýš, Banský Studenec, Štiavnické Bane, Banska Bela, Podhorie, Vysoká, Banska Stiavnica and Ilija.

For the higher-level travel overview: Okres Banská Štiavnica.