Sites To See In Esztergom

Basilica

The Basilica of Esztergom, officially called the Main Cathedral of The Blessed Virgin and St. Adalbert is the most popular tourist destination in the city. It is the central hub of the religious life of the city, as this is the headquarters of the Primate of Hungary. The current building was built for forty seven years back in the 19th century, but there was a church here even at the dawn of the first millennium, in the days of St. Stephen. It’s oldest part is the Bakócz dome, which the Primate of Esztergom, Tamás Bakócz had built on to the medieval St. Adalbert church that stood there. The Ottoman invaders destroyed the original church in 1543 but left the dome standing, even though it was severely vandalised.

The treasury of the Basilica is perhaps the most important bit, as it holds the cross used to swear in the King Of Hungary. There are many invaluable artifacts here, like the Mátyás cavalry, which many top architects of their day worked on. Many of these artifacts were smuggled top Austria during the Ottoman occupation.    

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Danube Museum

This institution holds valuable information about the history of landscaping in Hungary, and it documents the ways in which the environment and human populations interact and influence each other. There is also a warehouse cum exhibit, where the objects and artifacts not exhibited can be seen, which allows the visitor to look into the everyday life of a museum. There are school specials during the schoolyear.

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Hungarian National Archives Komárom Esztergom County Archives

This national records prove that there is more to archives than just mouldering pieces of paper. These centuries old artifacts give valuable insight into the history of Esztergom and Hungary, from feudal times all the way to last year.

There are interactive classes are available, talking about such important topics as the Rákóczi civil war, its causes and most notable events, and the history of everyday life at that turbulent time, or the “happy peacetime years” of the turn of the 20th century, and the causes and events of World War1.

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Christian Museum

One of the biggest museums exploring the history of Christianity was founded by Bishop János Simor in 1875. You can view the over half a millennium old artifacts and history of the religion in and its legacy in Hungary, and the works of Hungarian, Lithuanian, German, Italian and Dutch painters and artists comes to life in splendid exhibits. There are textiles, metal and woodwork as well as paintings to admire, and are all clerically themed.

There are always permanent exhibits, but the museum is also home to many temporary exhibits as well, and is one of the few outlets for contemporary religious art.

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