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Budapest's Top 10
Basilica of St Stephen
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Budapest's largest and most important Christian house of worship is a gem of
neoclassical architecture that took more than half a century to complete
(largely due to the setback when its dome came crashing down in a storm). The
dome can now be scaled, and there is a rich treasury of ecclesiastical objects. But
the main reason for coming is to view (and perhaps venerate) Hungary's most sac-
red object: the holy right hand of its first king, St Stephen. (
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