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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:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
    Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Email: plebania@basilica.hu
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary
  • Address: Szent István tér 1, Budapest, 1051
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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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 390 metres northeast of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
The is a chain bridge that spans the between and Pest, the western and eastern sides of , the capital of . is situated 800 metres west of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Metro station
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Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út is a station of the yellow M1 line of the Budapest Metro. It is situated under Andrássy Avenue close to its junction with Bajcsy-Zsilinszky street. is situated 140 metres southeast of St. Stephen’s Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belváros and Pest.

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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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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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is the traditional name of the VI. district of . "Teréz" refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Hungary.

St. Stephen’s Basilica

Latitude
47.50078° or 47° 30′ 3″ north
Longitude
19.05397° or 19° 3′ 14″ east
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Inception
November 9th, 1905
Height
45 metres (148 feet)
Named after
Stephen I of Hungary
Open location code
8FVXG323+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 313947864
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­basilica
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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 Esteban”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Esteve”
  • Chinese: “圣伊什特万圣殿”
  • Chinese: “圣伊斯特凡大教堂”
  • 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: “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: “성이슈트반성당”
  • 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: “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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St. Stephen’s Basilica”. Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.