
A further 20 km north and
the traveler comes to Esztergom, former royal
town.
Each year this more than 1000-year-old settlement
(founded 973) - the first capital of the country,
site for the baptism into the Christian Church
of Hungarian first king, where the pagan rebel
Koppány was cruelly executed and his
quartered remains hung on the city walls, seat
of kings and archbishops for centuries - attracts
around 1 million visitors.