Esztergom - Christian Museum

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Christian Museum Description

The Palace of the Primate of Hungary was completed in 1882. It is now the Christian Museum. This provincial museum has become known far and wide and - apart from those in the Budapest museums - its collections of works by old Hungarian and early Italian Renaissance artists are beyond compare. It came into being largely as a result of the collecting passion of Archbishop János Simor, who allowed the public in to see his paintings as early as 1875. His collection was complemented by the purchase of the Bertinelli Collection of early Italian sacred art and also that of medieval work owned by Alexander Schnütgen of the Cologne cathedral chapter, together with an inheritance from Bishop Arnold Ipolyi who had systematically tracked down and

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Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Paintings, art collections; Glass, porcelain, pottery exhibit; Gold, silver, metalworking exhibit; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

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