What is Esztergom?
[[File:Komaromesztergom-esztergom.PNG |thumb|Location in Hungary]] [[Image:Flag of Esztergom.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:BlasonHU-esztergom.svg|right|90px]] '''Esztergom''' is a city in [[Hungary]], 45 kilometers north of [[Budapest]]. 30 928 people live in Esztergom. It is the center of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the [[Constitutional court]] is in the city. There are a lot of rich museums in the city. == Geography == Esztergom is on the right side of the river [[Danube]]. There are big [[island]]s on the Danube. There are mountains to the east, that surround the city. The city is 100,35 km² big. == History == [[File:Hungary.Esztergom.Bazilika.1999.hires.jpg|thumb|The Basilica]] The city was founded in 972 by [[Géza of Hungary]]. It is one of the oldest cities in Hungary. Until [[1249]] it was the capital of the country. The [[archbishop]]s built many schools, churches, palaces, and the kings of Hungary built castles. In 1242 the city was attacked and destroyed by [[mongols]], but the castle on the hill was not. After the attack king Béla IV. moved to [[Buda]], and gave the city to the archbishop. In 1543 the city was taken by the Turks, who built many spas. The Hungarians tried to take back the city many times, so it was destroyed again in the wars. The Turks left Esztergom in 1683. In 1822 [[Alexander Rudnay]], the archbishop started building a big temple called a basilica. It is the biggest temple and the tallest building in the country, and the third biggest temple in [[Europe]]. == Sister cities == * [[File:Flag of Finland.svg|25px]] [[Espoo]] ([[Finland]]) since [[1974]] * [[File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|25px]] [[Štúrovo]] ([[Slovakia]]) since [[1991]] * [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]] [[Bamberg]] ([[Germany]]) since [[1992]] * [[File:Flag of France.svg|25px]] [[Cambrai]] ([[France]]) since [[1992]] * [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]] [[Ehingen]] ([[Germany]]) since [[1992]] * [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|25px]] [[Maintal]] ([[Germany]]) since [[1993]] * [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|25px]] [[Gniezn