Esztergom is a beautiful city in Hungary that boasts an unparalleled geographical position - the city overhangs the big bend of the Danube, where the river turns at right angles to Romania. This is also where Hungary's border with Slovakia is formed.

Both in the past and today, the territory of the town is the same. What is specific about Esztergom is that church and state are united in a majestic way.

The town has an uninteresting history. It is said that when Esztergom was the capital of Hungary, Central Europe was trembling. The city's heyday actually began back in 960, when it was chosen as the residence and capital of the princes of the Arpad dynasty. Both today and in the past, Esztergom was the center of Catholicism in Hungary. The beginning was set in 1000, when King Istvan was crowned and established the episcopal diocese of Esztergom. At the same time, the first cathedral appeared on the territory of the city.

Among the main attractions of Esztergom is the huge 19th-century classical-style cathedral, whose architecture features baroque elements of its 1774 baroque predecessor and of the earlier 16th-century Bacozza chapel. In the Cathedral's cloister is one of the world's richest collections of sacred art from the 9th to 19th centuries, including what is considered the finest masterpiece of medieval goldsmith's art, the Crucifixion of St. Matthew.

A huge and unforgettable impression in Esztergom is made by the remains of the Hungarian royal palace, on which Renaissance renovation and Turkish additions can be read, as well as the adjacent beautiful Romanesque palace church.

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