Tourist attractions in Slovakia
Komárno, sacral monuments and pilgrimage sites
Accommodation KomárnoList of tourist attractions Komárno
Find Sacral monuments and pilgrimage sites in the surrounding area of Komárno:
Distance: 62.34km
Basilika in Esztergom
Štúrovo (area: Danubian Lowland, region: Danubeland, District: Nové Zámky)
The most famous monument of Esztergom is the world-famous basilica. The basilica is 118 m long and 40 m wide, the internal height of the dome is 71.6 m. Its front is decorated with eight 22 m high Corinthian columns. The present basilica, which dominates the city, was initiated in 1822 at the initiative of the Slovak Archbishop Alexander Rudnay. It was solemnly consecrated on August 31, 1856 and fully completed in 1869. It was built according to the model of St. Peter in Rome on the site of the former...