Szendrei Róbert - Hungary first city Esztergom

"The first holy king was born here,
and it's been a holy city ever since." (Mihály Babits)

Esztergom is the cradle of Hungarian statehood, the political, governmental, economic, cultural, spiritual and ecclesiastical center of Hungary during the Árpád era. The Hungarian Zion. The author's ancestors have been citizens of the city for three centuries, and his downtown house has been owned by his family for 177 years. A thorough archaeological excavation was carried out 4 times on the plot adjacent to the town hall. The archaeological finds show the inhabitants of the site from 3500 BC to the 18th century. until the end of the century. From the written sources, we know the inhabitants of the area by name from 1777 to the present day. The volume has a special form, a real local history, as through the history of the 1400 square meters, the gate of time opens and we can get to know the people who live here, the history of the burgher town, which was surrounded by the Little Danube and one of its branches. It also establishes wider local, national, national and international connections. In this work, which is supported by an extremely thorough and rich multilingual bibliography and original certificates, we can find answers to many mysterious historical questions in a readable form, for example: who founded the city, what did Esztergom look like in the Celtic era, what was the Hungarian capital during the Árpád era, how the Tatar invasion took place , how the merchant and industrial bourgeoisie was formed in the Middle Ages, who are the Latins, what is the connection between Venice and the Venetian calamari, or VIII. Pope Clement to Esztergom, where did friend Juliánusz start, where can IV. King Béla's tomb, how Esztergom and the Basilica were rebuilt several times. Since the work presents the history of an area where Hungarian history returns after a hoof cut, it should be of interest to anyone interested in the past. Its style is informative, its sources are academic, so it can be an interesting read for many. The special topicality of the book is that in May 2022, Esztergom was inaugurated as a city with county rights in the Basilica, and soon IV. The tomb of Béla the second founding king and his family in Esztergom.

RÓBERT SZENDREI was born in 1973 in Esztergom, the father of 4 children. His ancestors received citizenship in the Free Royal City of Esztergom on December 2, 1741. He graduated from Pelbárt Ferences High School in Temesvári, Esztergom, graduated as a lawyer from the ELTE Faculty of State and Law, and then took a specialized exam in law. In addition to his law studies, he also studied history, social work, theology and political science at Niagara University in the United States. In the course of his work, he has worked in state, ministerial, metropolitan municipal, and church administrations, in dioceses, in various ecclesiastical social, health, and aid organizations as chief advisor or other professional leader. He is a member and official of many NGOs, and is currently the president of the National Economic and Social Council. His previous works on Esztergom are Róbert Osvai László-Szendrei: Esztergom Families, as well as his work on Dr. Rezső Lőrinczy, the founding director of Esztergom Hospital.