page_title: Esztergom
hierarchical_section_title: Esztergom
caption_attribution_description: English: Montage of Esztergom
context_page_description: Esztergom is a city in northern Hungary, 46 kilometres northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there.
  Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda.
  Esztergom is the seat of the prímás of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
  The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary.
  Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary.
context_section_description: Esztergom ([ˈɛstɛrɡom] listen ,  German: Gran, Slovak: Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city in northern Hungary, 46 kilometres (29 miles) northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there.
  Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda.
  Esztergom is the seat of the prímás (see Primate) of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
  The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary.
  Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary.
caption: Top left: Dark Gate, Top upper right: Esztergom Cathedral, Top lower right: Saint Adalbert Convention Center, Middle left: Kis-Duna Setany (Little Danube Promenade), Middle right: Saint Stephen's Square, Bottom: Esztergom Castle Hill and Danube River
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