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The Mária Valéria Bridge, designed by János Feketeházy, opened in 1895 to link Esztergom with Štúrovo across the Danube. Destroyed in 1919 and again by retreating German troops in 1944, it stood as a ruin for decades until reconstruction reopened the crossing on 11 October 2001, with European Union co-funding.
The Christian Museum in Esztergom, founded in 1875 by Archbishop János Simor, holds ecclesiastical art from the 13th to 19th centuries. Housed on the second floor of the Primate's Palace near the Basilica, it exhibits panel paintings, sculpture, goldsmith work, tapestries and an icon collection.
Esztergom Castle was the seat of Hungary's kings from the 10th century until Béla IV moved the royal court to Buda in the 13th century; Stephen I, Hungary's first king, is thought to have been born in its palace around 969-975. Excavated from 1934, it now displays medieval stonework, frescoes and royal chambers as a museum.
The Esztergom Basilica, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and St Adalbert, is Hungary's largest church, built between 1822 and 1869 to designs by Pál Kühnel, János Packh and József Hild. Its dome rises 71.5 metres, and the crypt and treasury, built in 1831 and 1886, hold archbishops' tombs and liturgical artworks.
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