Szent István-bazilika
St. Stephen’s Basilica, or Szent István-bazilika, is Budapest’s largest church and a true city landmark, rising 96 meters above the square it guards. Built starting in 1905 and designed in a neoclassical style, it stands as a co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, honoring Stephen I, Hungary’s first king. The basilica houses the revered Holy Right Hand relic, a mummified successor to the king’s reign, kept in a specially crafted reliquary. The site’s story begins with a temporary church and a local wave of fundraising by Lipótváros residents after a catastrophic flood in 1838, leading to the ambitious project we see today. Its early plans shifted from Saint Leopold to Saint Stephen, and the project ultimately benefited from the leadership of architect Miklós Ybl, who completed the structure after the dome’s collapse and the transfer of the project from József Hild. …
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