⛪ Esztergom Basilica
Hungary
About This Sacred Site
Esztergom Basilica (the Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed Into Heaven and St. Adalbert) is the largest church in Hungary and the seat of the Catholic Primate. Situated on Castle Hill overlooking the Danube, the neoclassical basilica was built between 1822 and 1869 on the site where Hungary's first king, St. Stephen, was born and crowned in the year 1000. Its altarpiece, painted by Girolamo Michelangelo Grigoletti, is one of the world's largest paintings on a single canvas.
Key Facts
- •The largest church in Hungary, with a dome rising 100 meters
- •Built on the site where King St. Stephen was born and crowned in the year 1000
- •The altarpiece is one of the largest single-canvas paintings in the world (13.5 × 6.6 meters)
- •The Bakócz Chapel (1507), integrated into the basilica, is a masterpiece of Tuscan Renaissance art
- •Franz Liszt composed the Esztergom Mass (Missa Solennis) for the basilica's consecration in 1856
Location
Coordinates: 47.7954, 18.7183
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