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GOVT TO CONTRIBUTE HUF 10 BN TO ESZTERGOM BASILICA RECONSTRUCTION

 

The government has allocated over 10 billion forints (EUR 31m) for the reconstruction of Esztergom Basilica, according to a decree published in the official Hungarian gazette Magyar Közlöny on Friday.

The total will be made available in instalments between 2019 and 2022.

Consecrated in 1856, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary and with its 100 metres, even today the highest building in the country.