Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház
The Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház—also known as the Győri Bazilika—is a Catholic cathedral basilica dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and it is the seat of the Diocese of Győr. Its story begins with an early 11th-century Romanesque church, but that original building was destroyed by the Mongols. What stands today is the result of long rebuilding and reworking: reconstruction stretched from the 13th to the 15th century, and after the expulsion of the Turks the interior was redesigned between 1635 and 1650 in an early Baroque style by the Italian master Giovanni Battista Rava. The tower was not completed until 1680, and overall construction continued until the 1770s. Even later, the cathedral underwent its last restoration between 1968 and 1972. In 1997, Pope John Paul II granted it the status of minor basilica—an honor that ties this building’s centuries of change to a living religious role in Győr.
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