Pilgrimage Sites in Hungary
Discover 6 sacred destinations in Hungary
Esztergom
Hungary's primatial see on Castle Hill above the Danube — where St Stephen was baptised, crowned, and founded the mother church of the Magyar nation.
Győr
Where an exiled Irish bishop's Marian icon wept tears of blood in 1697, now venerated in Győr's Cathedral Basilica.
Máriagyűd
Southern Hungary's most-visited Marian shrine: a Baroque basilica at the foot of the Tenkes hill, southern end of the Magyar Zarándokút.
Máriapócs
Hungary's premier Greek Catholic shrine, famous for its icon of the Virgin Mary that wept tears in 1696, 1715, and 1905.
Mátraverebély-Szentkút
Hungary's National Shrine with a miraculous spring, Baroque basilica, and 900 years of unbroken pilgrimage in the Mátra mountains.
Pannonhalma
A thousand-year-old Benedictine archabbey on Hungary's Sacred Hill, founded in 996 in honour of St Martin — a living monastery and UNESCO site.