Eger - Cathedral 
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From the hill on which the medieval church of St Michael once stood the massive Classical Cathedral (Foszékesegyház) now looks down on the town. It was built in 1831-37 to the design of the Hungarian architect József Hild, who reversed the usual scheme of things whereby the entrance area is on the west side, and transferred the main doorway to the east side, facing the Lyceum and the Old Town.
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They are the work of the Italian sculptor Marco Casagrande (1804-80), who also created the façade reliefs in the columned entrance hall (Pietá, or the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ on her lap, Jesus in the Temple, Expulsion of the Traders). This artist was also responsible for the interior decoration; special note should be taken of the painting of SS Stephen and Ladislaus 1773 on the side-altar by the Baroque artist Johann Lukas Kracker, and of the high altar (1834), the paintings on which are by the Viennese artist Josef Danhauser.
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