Built in the base of Contra-Aquincum fortification walls. The church earliest parts built in Romanesque style. Here is buried in 1046, Bishop Gellert. It was rebuilt in the Gothic style, with King Sigismund support in 14th century. During the reign of King Matthias (1470s), with two more aisles widened. During the Turkish rule was used as a mosque. You can see a mihrab (prayer niche), from the Turkish period, in the south-east wall of the sanctuary. After a fire in 1723 it was rebuilt in Baroque style, between 1725-1739.
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