Székesfehérvár Basilica

The St. Stephan cathedral in the Hungarian coronation city of Székesfehérvár is a medieval basilica.

It was built in 1010 in St. Stephen. In her time she was a technological marvel and one of the most impressive buildings in Europe. She was the most important place of medieval Hungary. It housed the crown jewels of the Kingdom, which also included the throne and the crown, as well as the treasury and some Archieve. 37 kings and 39 queens were crowned in the church, 15 buried in it. With the power of the Turks in 1543, the royal tombs were plundered and Stephen became a warehouse for gunpowder. The bishop's seat was moved to the Cathedral of Pressburg. The church was also the new crown city. The filled with gunpowder Stephan cathedral was the victim of flames during the Turkish rule in 1601. Since then, the foundation walls are still preserved. In 1938, she was called by Pope Pius XI. the rank of a minor basilica raised.

A new cathedral was built from 1768 elsewhere in the styles of the Baroque and Rococo.