Danubian Lowland (Podunajská nížina), sacral monuments and pilgrimage sites

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 cathedral church, which was devastated in 1543. An important part of the complex are two side...

St. Emmeram's Cathedral bears Romanesque style. It has a horseshoe-shaped Romanian apse, separated from the square nave by a triumphal arch. The original building was damaged and later shortened in 1328 as space was needed to build the support columns of the Upper Church. After the construction of the Gothic church, part of the church was used as an archive. After a fire raging in the church in 1465, the Romanesque part of the castle church was erected and then covered with a rib vault. The current reconstruction of the current church interior took place in 1930-31. Of great value is the...

The Romanesque church from the 10th century has undergone many changes over the centuries. In the 12th century, the horseshoe-shaped sanctuary was followed by a semicircle, and then the choir was built. The church dates from the 13th to the 14th century. century, it was expanded with a Gothic-style sacristy. The Turkish attacks caused serious damage to the condition of the building, its interior was completely looted, only its bell remained. No. 18 At the beginning of the 19th century, Bishop László Mattyasovszky rebuilt it in the Baroque style. The interior and furnishings of the church are...