Szenttamás (meaning: "Saint Thomas" (for Saint

Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

) is the eastern part of the city of

Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Danu ...

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, on the right bank of the river

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. It was a separate village until 1895, when it was merged with the "Royal Esztergom" as 2nd district, along with neighboring

Víziváros Víziváros (meaning ''Watertown'', la, Civitas Archiepiscopalis, german: link=no, Wasserstadt) is a neighborhood of Esztergom, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, under the royal castle and the St. Adalbert Primatial Basilica. The name W ...

and Szentgyörgymező. It's located on the Szent Tamás Hill.

Tourism

*Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel (Classicist) and Baroque Calvary on the top of the hill. *Esztergom Synagogue *Fürdő Szálló (Bath Hotel) in ruins *Komárom-Esztergom County Archives (former Village Hall) *Duna (Danube) Museum - Hungarian Museum of Water Administration and Environmental Protection

Gallery

File:Esztergom szenttamasi kapolna.JPG, Calvary Chapel (Our Lady of Sorrows) File:Fürdő Szálló (6156. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, ruins of Bath Hotel File:Komarom.Esztergom.Megyei.Leveltar.A.epulet.jpg, Former village hall, now Komárom-Esztergom County Archives File:Esztergom zsinagóga 2010.JPG, former Esztergom Synagogue

References

* Borovszky Samu: Esztergom Vármegye * Szent István városa – Esztergom története (szerk Meggyes Miklósné)

External links

Neighbourhoods of Esztergom Former municipalities of Hungary Thomas Becket {{Hungary-stub