Belvárosi Nagyboldogasszony-templom
Belvárosi Nagyboldogasszony-templom, the Inner City Parish Church, is the city’s main cathedral-like parish church and a true crossroads of Budapest’s history. The site’s oldest features reach back to the Romanesque era, with a 1046 burial of St. Gellért nearby anchoring its early saints’ memory. In the 14th century, King Sigismund ordered Gothic reconstruction, and later King Matthias saw two additional lateral aisles added to the plan. The building passed to the Jesuits in 1702, and after their suppression in 1773 it returned to parish life. A dramatic fire in 1723 led to a Baroque restoration between 1725 and 1739 under master builder János György Pauer, giving the interior its current character. Its story continued with restorations by János Hild (1805–1808), Imre Steindl (1889), and László Gerő after 1945. …
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