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How to get
there
By boat on Danube. Check timetable
By car 48kms from Budapest on road number 10. Go to the Buda side and follow the signs to Pilisvorosvar, Piliscsaba direction. See route map
By train from Nyugati Train station to Esztergom direction. Takes 1 and half hour to get there. Adult fare : 900HUF Check train timetable
You can try old fashion steam train ride. See 2008 schedule
By boat on Danube. Check timetable
By car 48kms from Budapest on road number 10. Go to the Buda side and follow the signs to Pilisvorosvar, Piliscsaba direction. See route map
By train from Nyugati Train station to Esztergom direction. Takes 1 and half hour to get there. Adult fare : 900HUF Check train timetable
You can try old fashion steam train ride. See 2008 schedule
International Palace Games
11-12-13 July, in Visegrad
Royal tournaments, medieval festival, fair, dance shows, horse riding, archery,
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11-12-13 July, in Visegrad
Royal tournaments, medieval festival, fair, dance shows, horse riding, archery,
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Esztergom
Esztergom is one of the oldest towns in Hungary. Throughout its rich history, times of great kings, significant events, rich palaces and churches were followed by the massacres of battles, the raids of the Tatar and the Turkish hordes – devastation, followed by reconstruction.Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century and it was the Royal Seat until king Béla the 4th moved to Visegrád and later to Buda.
Esztergom still is the seat of the primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. The city has the Christian Museum, the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary.
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The
Cathedral Treasury
In the upstairs rooms of the Basilica, visitors can admire the masterpieces of the world-famous Cathedral Treasury. Hungary’s richest religious treasury, goldsmith and textile collection is significant on a worldwide scale. The most important pieces of the filigrees are the coronation cross from the Arpad era, (This is what Hungarian kings swore on at the coronation ceremony.) and the Mathias calvary, that is made of gold and decorated with pearls, jewels.
Phone number: 00 36 (33) 402-354
Fax.: 00 36 (33) 402-353
Opening hours: From 09.00 am. to – 4.30 pm.
Admission
* Adults: 450 HuF / person
* Pensioners, students, children: 220 HuF / person
* For families: 1000 HuF
Crypts
Opening hours: from 09.00 am. to 4.30 pm.
Admission: 100 HuF/ person
Cupola
Opening hours: from 9.00 am. to 4.30 pm.
Admission: 200 HuF/ person
Tower Bell
Opening hours: 09 - 16.30
Admission: 200 HuF/ person
The castle museum
Upon the castle museum visitors can admire the remains of the palaces of kings from the Árpad era, and the later archbishops. The castle museum is in these buildings. Of the masterpieces of the Hungarian Roman architecture, mention must be made of the famous Saint Stephen room, the motte and the late-Roman, early-Gothic regal chapel. There are several exhibitions in the rooms that display Esztergom’s past.
Address: 1 Szent István Square, Esztergom2500
Phone number: 00 36 (33) 415-986
Opening hours: From 1 April to 31 October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
From 1 November to 31 March: from 10.00 am. to 4.00 pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Admission: free of charge
Christian Museum
The second floor of the primate palace houses the worldwide known Christian Museum, founded by Archbishop János Simor in 1875. It exhibits collections of medieval Hungarian tablature and sculpture, Italian painting in the 13th – 16th centuries, Batavian, German, Austrian painting in the15th – 16th centuries, baroque painting and handicraft. Its tapestry from the 15th- 17th centuries are also well known. The most famous pieces include: Tamas Kolozsvári’s altar of Galambszentbenedek (1427), the ‘Úrkoporsó’ of Galambszentbenedek (around 1480) , the four tablatures by M.S. master (1506)
Address: 2 Mindszenty tér Esztergom 2500
Telefon: 00 36 (33) 413-880
Opening hours:
* From 1 March to 24 March: from 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm.
* From 29 march to 30 October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
* From 2 November to 31 December: from 11.00 am. to 3.00 pm.
* Closed on Mondays in January and February, on 25 March, 29 March, 17 May, 1 November, 24-25 December
Special opening hours: 15 March, 26-28 March, 1 May, 15-16 May, 20 August, 26 December, 31 December, 1 January.
Admission: 500 HuF (reduced: 250 HuF)
Tickets are not sold less than 30 minutes before closing.
www.christianmuseum.hu
Danube Museum
Within the centuries-old walls, at its righteous place is located the Danube Museum, officially called: Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum (Museum of Hungarian Hydrology and Environmental Protection).It is a specialized museum with exhibits from the whole country.
The prebendal house, built in the second half of the 18th century is located in the centre of Esztergom. Its chambers housed the Hungarian crown on 20 February 1790 on its way from Vienna to Buda. The building also functioned as the centre of aid service during the flooding of 1838 that left the entire Dunakanyar area and Pest in ruins.
The museum collects, arranges and displays histories, written documents and objects about country’s natural waters. The main thematic units of the exhibitions include: Physical and chemical properties of water, Water regulations, floodings, flood control, The history of Hungarian cartography, The history of water-supply and canals, Universal and Hungarian Technical and Water Conservation Chronology, Playroom for children : Physical properties of water (flood gates, wells, water pumps, water-wheels, stertung waves and currents)
Address: 2 Kölcsey F.Street, Esztergom 2500
Phone number: 0036 (33) 500-250
Fax : 0036 (33) 500-251
Opening hours :
* From November to April: from 10.00 am. to 4.00 pm.
* From May to October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
* Closed on Tuesdays
Admission:
* Adults: 300 HuF/ person
* Reduced 100 HuF/ person
* Family tickets: 600 HuF
E-mail : info@mail.dunamuzeum.org.hu
www.dunamuzeum.org.hu
In the upstairs rooms of the Basilica, visitors can admire the masterpieces of the world-famous Cathedral Treasury. Hungary’s richest religious treasury, goldsmith and textile collection is significant on a worldwide scale. The most important pieces of the filigrees are the coronation cross from the Arpad era, (This is what Hungarian kings swore on at the coronation ceremony.) and the Mathias calvary, that is made of gold and decorated with pearls, jewels.
Phone number: 00 36 (33) 402-354
Fax.: 00 36 (33) 402-353
Opening hours: From 09.00 am. to – 4.30 pm.
Admission
* Adults: 450 HuF / person
* Pensioners, students, children: 220 HuF / person
* For families: 1000 HuF
Crypts
Opening hours: from 09.00 am. to 4.30 pm.
Admission: 100 HuF/ person
Cupola
Opening hours: from 9.00 am. to 4.30 pm.
Admission: 200 HuF/ person
Tower Bell
Opening hours: 09 - 16.30
Admission: 200 HuF/ person
The castle museum
Upon the castle museum visitors can admire the remains of the palaces of kings from the Árpad era, and the later archbishops. The castle museum is in these buildings. Of the masterpieces of the Hungarian Roman architecture, mention must be made of the famous Saint Stephen room, the motte and the late-Roman, early-Gothic regal chapel. There are several exhibitions in the rooms that display Esztergom’s past.
Address: 1 Szent István Square, Esztergom2500
Phone number: 00 36 (33) 415-986
Opening hours: From 1 April to 31 October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
From 1 November to 31 March: from 10.00 am. to 4.00 pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Admission: free of charge
Christian Museum
The second floor of the primate palace houses the worldwide known Christian Museum, founded by Archbishop János Simor in 1875. It exhibits collections of medieval Hungarian tablature and sculpture, Italian painting in the 13th – 16th centuries, Batavian, German, Austrian painting in the15th – 16th centuries, baroque painting and handicraft. Its tapestry from the 15th- 17th centuries are also well known. The most famous pieces include: Tamas Kolozsvári’s altar of Galambszentbenedek (1427), the ‘Úrkoporsó’ of Galambszentbenedek (around 1480) , the four tablatures by M.S. master (1506)
Address: 2 Mindszenty tér Esztergom 2500
Telefon: 00 36 (33) 413-880
Opening hours:
* From 1 March to 24 March: from 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm.
* From 29 march to 30 October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
* From 2 November to 31 December: from 11.00 am. to 3.00 pm.
* Closed on Mondays in January and February, on 25 March, 29 March, 17 May, 1 November, 24-25 December
Special opening hours: 15 March, 26-28 March, 1 May, 15-16 May, 20 August, 26 December, 31 December, 1 January.
Admission: 500 HuF (reduced: 250 HuF)
Tickets are not sold less than 30 minutes before closing.
www.christianmuseum.hu
Danube Museum
Within the centuries-old walls, at its righteous place is located the Danube Museum, officially called: Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum (Museum of Hungarian Hydrology and Environmental Protection).It is a specialized museum with exhibits from the whole country.
The prebendal house, built in the second half of the 18th century is located in the centre of Esztergom. Its chambers housed the Hungarian crown on 20 February 1790 on its way from Vienna to Buda. The building also functioned as the centre of aid service during the flooding of 1838 that left the entire Dunakanyar area and Pest in ruins.
The museum collects, arranges and displays histories, written documents and objects about country’s natural waters. The main thematic units of the exhibitions include: Physical and chemical properties of water, Water regulations, floodings, flood control, The history of Hungarian cartography, The history of water-supply and canals, Universal and Hungarian Technical and Water Conservation Chronology, Playroom for children : Physical properties of water (flood gates, wells, water pumps, water-wheels, stertung waves and currents)
Address: 2 Kölcsey F.Street, Esztergom 2500
Phone number: 0036 (33) 500-250
Fax : 0036 (33) 500-251
Opening hours :
* From November to April: from 10.00 am. to 4.00 pm.
* From May to October: from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
* Closed on Tuesdays
Admission:
* Adults: 300 HuF/ person
* Reduced 100 HuF/ person
* Family tickets: 600 HuF
E-mail : info@mail.dunamuzeum.org.hu
www.dunamuzeum.org.hu
Things to see
The BasilicaThe monumental Basilica, built between 1822 and 1869 is the largest church of the country. In the sacrarium one can admire Grigoletti’s altarpiece, titled ‘Maria’s ascension’, which is the largest painting on a single canvas (13*6,5 m) of the whole world.
The only medieval building of the cathedral that prevailed, one of the most magnificent buildings of the Reneissance era, the Bakócz chapel was built in the southern side of the Basilica.
The shrines of high priests and burial places of archbishops can be found in the crypt below the church. This is also where Primate József Mindszenty’s relics were laid on 4 May 1991. Since then, the undercroft (crypts) has become a popular pilgrim destination.
2 Szent István Square Esztergom 2500
Phone: 00 36 (33) 411-895
Opening hours:
From 6 am. to - 6 pm.
admission is free of charge
http://www.bazilika-esztergom.hu/