Cross the bridge from Watertown over to Primate Island (Pr铆m谩s-sziget) and to the southwest is the M谩ria Val茅ria Bridge, connecting Esztergom with the Slovakian city of 艩t煤rovo. Destroyed during WWII, the bridge only reopened in 2002. The bridge鈥檚 original Customs House (V谩mh谩z) is on the left as you cross.
香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest鈥檚 most important medieval monuments and鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic鈥
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, B茅la Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,鈥
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Budapest鈥檚 neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of鈥
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The headquarters of the dreaded 脕VH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and鈥
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You鈥檒l get to see several of these and鈥
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
Nearby Esztergom attractions
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The former Bishop鈥檚 Palace in the picturesque riverbank Watertown (V铆ziv谩ros) district houses the Christian Museum, home to the largest and finest鈥
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This museum, in an 18th-century baroque building, has a small collection of black-and-white photos of the excavations of the town's castle, as well as a鈥
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The Castle Museum is housed in the former Royal Palace, built mostly by French architects in the 12th century during Esztergom鈥檚 golden age. The palace鈥
4. 脰zi莽eli Hacci Ibrahim Mosque
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This 400-year-old mosque was built in the 17th century, during the Ottoman occupation of Esztergom. In its later incarnations it served both as a granary鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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The erection of this monument was the town's way of giving thanks when a plague epidemic passed it by.
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This surprisingly interesting (and quite high-tech) museum has exhibits on all aspects of the history of Hungary's greatest river, including its mighty鈥
8. King Matthias Museum (Royal Palace)
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Just inland from the river, the Royal Palace boasted 350 rooms during the 15th-century reign of King Matthias Corvinus to whom the museum it now contains鈥