. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 109 fortress to fall into the hands of the Austrians in 1849, raises its walls at the confluence of the Vag with the Danube. Opposite to it is 0 Szoinj (2,465 inhabitants), the ancient Bregetio, the residence of the Roman Emperors Valen- tinian I. and II. Lower down is Esztergom (Gran, 8,780 inhabitants), the birthplace of the sainted King Stephen and the primatial city of Hungary, with a cathedral built upon the summit of a hill. Then comes VÃ cz (Waitzen, 12,894 inhabitants), on the opposite bank of the Danube, which there sweeps round
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. HUNGAEY. 109 fortress to fall into the hands of the Austrians in 1849, raises its walls at the confluence of the Vag with the Danube. Opposite to it is 0 Szoinj (2,465 inhabitants), the ancient Bregetio, the residence of the Roman Emperors Valen- tinian I. and II. Lower down is Esztergom (Gran, 8,780 inhabitants), the birthplace of the sainted King Stephen and the primatial city of Hungary, with a cathedral built upon the summit of a hill. Then comes Và cz (Waitzen, 12,894 inhabitants), on the opposite bank of the Danube, which there sweeps round to the south. Szélces-Fejérvùr (Stuhlweissenburg, 22,683 inhabitants), the Alba Regia of Fig. 69.âView of the Sachsexstein, or Szaszko, near mediaeval manuscripts, is the most famous town in South-western Hungary. During a long period the Kings of Hungary were crowned and buried there. Veszprém (12,002 inhabitants) is also frequently mentioned in the annals of Hungary, but Papa (14,223 inhabitants), in the same comitat, to the north of the Bakony Forest, exceeds it in population. Steinamniiger (Szombathely, 7,561 inhabitants), the Sabaria of the ancients, still boasts of a few Roman ruins, and having become a great railway centre, promises once more to be of importance. For the present Oedenhurg (21,108 inhabitants), a busy manufacturing town close. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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