The Basilica of Esztergom, or St. Adalbert's Cathedral, was built between 1822 and 1869 and is the largest church built in Hungary. The neo-classical basilica was built on the site of an old medieval cathedral from the 11th century, destroyed by the Ottomans in 1543.
The Church of St. Ignatius, known locally as the "two-tower church" or "Watertown church", was built by the Jesuits between 1728 and 1738. In 1788 it became a parish church and from 1820 to 1856 it functioned as a temporary cathedral. The original church, which did not have a tower because it was strategically forbidden to build towers near the castle, received its two towers in the 19th century.
The Esztergom Synagogue was inaugurated in 1888 on the site of a former synagogue of the Esztergom Jewish community existing since the 11th century. The building has not had its original function since the Second World War. In 2006, it was purchased by the municipality and became the House of Culture (Művelődési Ház).
St. Peter and Paul's Church, also known as Downtown Church, is the second largest church in the city after the Basilica of Esztergom. It is Baroque in style and was built in the second half of the 18th century on a former church site dating from the 13th century. The helmet of the tower, in historicist style, was only made at the end of the 19th century.
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