Dark Gate
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The Dark Gate is a tunnel located under the artificial slopes of Castle Hill near St. Adalbert's Basilica in Esztergom, Hungary.
The Dark Gate at night
Commemorative plaque with the names of people who died in 1956 in the tunnel
The southern entrance from downtown
The cathedral and the northern entrance
Esztergom
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Esztergom is the seat of the prímás of the Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has a Christian Museum with the largest ecclesiastical colle
Dark Gate
…or alternatively Dark Portal, Hungarian: Sötétkapu) is a tunnel located under the artificial slopes of Castle Hill near St. Adalbert's Basilica in Esztergom, Hungary. The tunnel is 90 metres long and follows the line of the castle's former eastern walls. The entire tunnel is vaulted and built in Neo-classical…
Top left: Dark Gate, Top upper right: Esztergom Basilica, Top lower right: Saint Adalbert Convention Center, Middle left: Kis-Duna Setany (Little Danube Promenade), Middle right: Saint Stephen's Square, Bottom: Esztergom Castle Hill and Danube River
Castle Hill panorama from Štúrovo (Párkány), Slovakia
Ottoman grave stones in the castle
Esztergom in 1595