This little mountain town was one of the richest in the Hungarian Kingdom from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Its source of wealth was the nearby gold mines. The history of gold mining and of the mint, which minted the highly valued “Kremnica ducats”, and which still operates, are traced in the interesting Museum of Coins and Medals  (Múzeum mincí a medaili) in the main square, Štefánikovo námestie. Also in the square is a gold-covered Baroque Marian column. In the 15th-century Castle  is the Gothic Church of St Catherine  (sv. Katerína).