Esztergom

Esztergom is a town in the region, on the right bank of the river Danube, that is, on the border between Slovakia and Hungary. The original capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, Esztergom preserves its sites of medieval significance.
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  • Type: Town with 28,600 residents
  • Description: city in Hungary
  • Also known as: “Pilisszentlélek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed Into Heaven and St Adalbert and Mária Valéria Bridge.

Church
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The Primatial Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Adalbert, also known as the Basilica of Esztergom, is an ecclesiastic basilica in Esztergom, , the mother church of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, and the seat of the Catholic Church in Hungary.

Bridge
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The joins Esztergom in and in , across the River . The bridge is some 500 metres in length. It is named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, the fourth child of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Josef and Elisabeth.

Museum
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The is the largest ecclesiastical collection in ; it conserves European and Hungarian works of art from the period between the 13th and 19th centuries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Štúrovo and Nána.

Town
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is the southernmost town of , situated on the river not far from the mouth of the . Connected by the it forms a cross-border urban area with the city of Esztergom in .

Village
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is a and municipality in the in the of south-west , near the border with . is situated 4½ km northwest of Esztergom.

Village
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is a municipality and village in the in the of south-west . is situated 5 km north of Esztergom.

Esztergom

Latitude
47.7857° or 47° 47′ 9″ north
Longitude
18.7403° or 18° 44′ 25″ east
Population
28,600
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HU EST
Open location code
8FVWQPPR+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 206292236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3053163
Wiki­data ID
Q171353
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Esztergom” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Esztergom”
  • Arabic: “ازترغوم”
  • Aragonese: “Esztergom”
  • Armenian: “Էստերգոմ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Esterqom”
  • Azerbaijani: “Esterqon”
  • Balinese: “Esztergom”
  • Basque: “Esztergom”
  • Belarusian: “Эстэргам”
  • Breton: “Esztergom”
  • Bulgarian: “Естергом”
  • Catalan: “Esztergom”
  • Cebuano: “Esztergom”
  • Chinese: “Esztergom”
  • Chinese: “埃斯泰尔戈姆”
  • Chinese: “埃斯泰爾戈姆”
  • Chinese: “艾斯特根”
  • Chuvash: “Эстергом”
  • Croatian: “Esztergom”
  • Croatian: “Ostrigon”
  • Croatian: “Ostrogon”
  • Czech: “Esztergom”
  • Czech: “Gran”
  • Czech: “Ostřihom”
  • Czech: “Strigonia”
  • Danish: “Esztergom”
  • Dutch: “Esztergom”
  • Eastern Mari: “Эстергом”
  • Esperanto: “Estergomo”
  • Esperanto: “Esztergom”
  • Estonian: “Esztergom”
  • Faroese: “Esztergom”
  • Finnish: “Estergom”
  • Finnish: “Esztergom”
  • French: “Esztergom”
  • French: “Strigonie” (historical)
  • Galician: “Esztergom”
  • Georgian: “ესტერგომი”
  • German: “Esztergom”
  • German: “Gran”
  • Greek: “Έστεργκομ”
  • Hebrew: “אסטרגום”
  • Hindi: “एस्तेरगोम”
  • Hungarian: “Esztergom”
  • Indonesian: “Esztergom”
  • Italian: “Esztergom”
  • Italian: “Strigonia” (historical)
  • Italian: “Strigonio”
  • Japanese: “エステルゴム”
  • Kazakh: “Эстергом”
  • Komi: “Эстергом”
  • Korean: “에스테르곰”
  • Latin: “Esztergom”
  • Latin: “Salvio Mansio” (historical)
  • Latin: “Salvio” (historical)
  • Latin: “Solva”
  • Latin: “Strigonium”
  • Latvian: “Estergoma”
  • Lithuanian: “Estergomas”
  • Lombard: “Esztergom”
  • Lombard: “Strigoni”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Esztergom”
  • Luxembourgish: “Esztergom”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Esztergom”
  • Macedonian: “Естергом”
  • Malay: “Esztergom”
  • Maltese: “Esztergom”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Esztergom”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esztergom”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esztergóm”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ostrihom”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ostrogon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Strigonium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Estergon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esztergom”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostrihom”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostrogon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ostrzyhom”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strigonium”
  • Norwegian: “Esztergom”
  • Ossetian: “Эстергом”
  • Persian: “استرگم”
  • Piemontese: “Esztergom”
  • Polish: “Esztergom”
  • Polish: “Ostrzyhom”
  • Polish: “Strzyhom”
  • Portuguese: “Esztergom”
  • Quechua: “Esztergom”
  • Romanian: “Esztergom”
  • Romanian: “Strigoniu”
  • Romanian: “Strigonium”
  • Russian: “Эстергом”
  • Rusyn: “Естергом”
  • Scots: “Esztergom”
  • Serbian: “Estergom”
  • Serbian: “Esztergom”
  • Serbian: “Ostrogon”
  • Serbian: “Естергом”
  • Serbian: “Острогон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Estergom”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Esztergom”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ostrogon”
  • Silesian: “Esztergom”
  • Slovak: “Esztergom”
  • Slovak: “Ostrihom”
  • Slovenian: “Esztergom”
  • Spanish: “Estrigonia”
  • Spanish: “Esztergom”
  • Swedish: “Esztergom”
  • Swedish: “Gran” (historical)
  • Talysh: “Estergom”
  • Tatar: “Эстергом”
  • Turkish: “Estergon”
  • Turkish: “Esztergom”
  • Ukrainian: “Естергом”
  • Ukrainian: “Естерґом”
  • Urdu: “استرگوم”
  • Vietnamese: “Esztergom”
  • Volapük: “Esztergom”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Esztergom”
  • Welsh: “Esztergom”
  • Western Panjabi: “استرگوم”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃斯泰尔戈姆”
  • “Esztergom”

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