Szekesfehervar Basilica

The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary changed into a basilica in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. It become built inside the overdue 1010s by way of Saint Stephen I, the first King of Hungary. The basilica changed into an outstanding constructing, one of the best in Hungary. It turned into in no way episcopal, but it changed into used because the foremost church of the rulers of Hungary. It became the most enormous region of the Kingdom of Hungary inside the Middle Ages, because it contained the crown jewels, consisting of the throne, the Holy Crown of Hungary, the treasury and the files.

37 kings and 39 queens had been crowned on this basilica and 15 were buried in it. In 1543, the Turks occupied Szekesfehervar. The royal graves have been ransacked and the basilica became used to store gunpowder whilst St. Martin's Cathedral in Pozsony became the brand new coronation site. In 1601, the treasured building become destroyed through fire. During this time, the Ottoman rule of the city became interrupted for approximately one year.