Szenttamás (Esztergom)

Szenttamás (meaning: "Saint Thomas" (for Saint Thomas Becket) is the eastern part of the city of Esztergom in Hungary, on the right bank of the river Danube. It was a separate village until 1895, when it was merged with the "Royal Esztergom" as 2nd district, along with neighboring Víziváros and Szentgyörgymező. It's located on the Szent Tamás Hill.

Aerial photograph, 2008

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
  • Calvary Chapel (Our Lady of Sorrows)
  • ruins of Bath Hotel
  • Former village hall, now Komárom-Esztergom County Archives
  • former Esztergom Synagogue

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

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