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Upon hearing the name Esztergom, almost everyone thinks Maria Theresa, a new Baroque church was built in the castle,

of the Basilica fi rst. The main church of Hungary, with its im- while the ruins of the medieval church were still standing. Aft er
posing dimensions, dominates the panorama from afar. Th e the return of the archbishop’s court from Bratislava and the
tallest building in the country is visited by almost every tourist chapter’s return from Trnava in 1820, where they had escaped
who comes to Esztergom. Of course, this cathedral is not the from the threat of the Turks, the ruins disappeared fi nally and

first church on the Castle Hill. Its medieval predecessor, the the construction of the neo-classicist basilica, the building we
Cathedral of St. Adalbert, or the Beautiful Church, was badly know today, was started. Th e construction lasted from 1822
damaged in the battles against the Turks. During the reign of to 1869, and the basilica praises the work of four primates.

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