Francis Joseph I inaugurated the Liberty Bridge over the Danube in 1896, as part of the thousand-year jubilee of Hungary. János Feketeházy, chief engineer of the Hungarian Railroads, designed the Art Nouveau style structure.
Between 1873 and 1896 architect Frigyes Schulek led the restoration of the building in Neo-Gothic style.
While tradition suggests the original Romanesque church existed as early as 1015, this Gothic structure dates from the second half of the 14th century.
