Esztergom

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Esztergom
City with county rights
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
Flag Coat of arms
Nicknames:  Hungarian Rome, Hungarian Sion,[1] City of St. Stephen
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Coordinates: 47°47′8″N 18°44′25″E / 47.78556°N 18.74028°E / 47.78556; 18.74028
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Transdanubia
County	Komárom-Esztergom
District	Esztergom
Established	around 972
Capital of Hungary	972–1249
Government
• Mayor	Ádám Hernádi [hu] (2019–)
Area
• Total	100.35 km2 (38.75 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	28,165[2]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2500–2509
Area code	(+36) 33
Website	www.esztergom.hu

Esztergom (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛstɛrɡom] ^ⓘ; German: Gran; Latin: Solva or Strigonium; Slovak: Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights 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 until 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 Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has a Christian Museum with the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica, is the largest church in Hungary. Near the Basilica there is a campus of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.