The town’s claim to fame and the largest basilica in the country. It was in a church formerly built on the same spot that the Hungarian king Vajk was baptised and from then on known as Saint Stephen. – Rebuilt according the plans of PA?l KAhnel, JA?nos PA?ckh and JAzsef Hild from 1822 to 1869. The Basilica of Esztergom, being the cathedral of the Primate of Hungary, is the first in rank, and also the largest among the churches in the country. The church in the place of the present Basilica was founded by King St. Stephen during the first decade of our statehood. The classicist church is enormous: the height of the dome is 71,5 meters, it has giant arches and an enormous ”’altar”’-piece by Michelangelo Grigoletti. On one side, in the ”’Saint Stephen chapel”’, the glittering relics of Hungarian and other nationsA saints and valuable jewellery can be seen. On the south side, the ”’BakAcz Chapel”’, the only one that survived the Middle Ages, can be seen.