St. Stephen’s Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in , . It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the reliquary.
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  • Opening hours:
    October—June: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
    July—September: 10:00 AM—6:30 PM
  • Email: plebania@basilica.hu
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary
  • Also known as: “Szent István-bazilika kincstára”
  • Address: Szent István tér 1, Budapest, 1051
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hungarian State Opera House and Széchenyi Chain Bridge.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house located in central , on . Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture. is situated 440 metres northeast of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

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The is a chain bridge that spans the between and Pest, the western and eastern sides of , the capital of . is situated 750 metres west of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Community center
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The is a Neo-Baroque concert hall located in the of , . It was built between 1883 and 1885 according to the plans of Vilmos Freund. is situated 340 metres west of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pest and Belváros.

Suburb
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is the part of , the capital city of , that lies on the eastern bank of the . was administratively unified with and in 1873.

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or Downtown is the V. District of . It consists of two historic neighbourhoods with well-defined borders within the V. District - Lipótváros in the north includes the Parliament and many governmental buildings, Szent István Basilica and some museums, while the southern part is mostly high-class accommodations, shops and nightlife area.

Suburb
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Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of . Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the most westerly part of the city's Eighth District, or , which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, who reigned 1765-1790.

St. Stephen’s Basilica

Latitude
47.50051° or 47° 30′ 2″ north
Longitude
19.05349° or 19° 3′ 13″ east
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8FVXG323+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4795379802
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7303998
Wiki­data ID
Q338665
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“St. Stephen’s Basilica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس ستيفن”
  • Aragonese: “Basilica de Sant Esteban de Budapest”
  • Aragonese: “Seu basilica de Sant Istevan de Budapest”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Stefan bazilikası”
  • Basque: “Doneztebe basilika”
  • Belarusian: “Базіліка Святога Іштвана”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Esteve”
  • Chinese: “圣伊什特万圣殿”
  • Chuvash: “Сӑваплӑ Стафан базилики”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Stjepana”
  • Czech: “Bazilika svatého Štěpána”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Stefanusbasiliek”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de Stefano la 1-a”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko Stefano la 1-a”
  • Estonian: “Püha Istváni basiilika”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Tapanin kirkko”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Étienne de Pest”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Étienne de Pest”
  • Galician: “Basílica de Santo Estevo de Budapest”
  • Galician: “Basílica de Santo Estevo”
  • German: “Schatzkammer der St.-Stephans-Basilika”
  • German: “St.-Stephans-Basilika”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική του Αγίου Στεφάνου”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת אישטוון הקדוש בבודפשט”
  • Hungarian: “lipótvárosi székesegyház”
  • Hungarian: “Szent István-bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo István”
  • Indonesian: “Konkatedral Budapest”
  • Italian: “basilica di Santo Stefano”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Santo Stefano”
  • Italian: “Szent István-bazilika”
  • Japanese: “聖イシュトヴァーン大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “聖イシュトバーン大聖堂”
  • Korean: “성 이슈트반 대성당”
  • Korean: “센트이슈트반 대성당”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Ištvāna bazilika”
  • Luxembourgish: “St. Stephans Basilika”
  • Macedonian: “Базилика Свети Иштван”
  • Macedonian: “Базилика Свети Стефан”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Stefans basilika”
  • Norwegian: “St. Stefans basilika”
  • Persian: “باسیلیکای سنت استفان”
  • Persian: “باسیلیکای سنت ایشتوان”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Stefana w Budapeszcie”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Santo Estêvão”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Sfântul Ștefan din Budapesta”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Иштвана”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Стефана”
  • Serbian: “Базилика Светог Иштвана”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Štefana, Budimpešta”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Štefana”
  • Spanish: “basilica de San Esteban”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Esteban”
  • Spanish: “Catedral basílica de San Esteban (Budapest)”
  • Spanish: “Catedral basílica de San Esteban”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Stefansbasilikan”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Stefan Bazilikası”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Святого Іштвана”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Stephen (Hungary)”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Stephen”

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