In 1837, on a hill overlooking the city, where there was an old medieval church of St. Michael, was completed the construction of the Cathedral, or the Basilica of Eger (full name - Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception), which is Honorary status "basilica minor".

  Author of the project, the Hungarian architect Josef Hild changed the usual pattern with the entrance on the west side and moved the main entrance on the eastern side of the church facing the Lyceum and the old town .  Three large statues of the tympanum depict benefactors - Faith, Hope and Compassion .  On either side of the steps are the statues of the Apostles Peter and Paul, as well as Stephen King and Vladislav .  They are the work of Italian sculptor Marco Casagrande (1804-1880 g .  g . ), Who is also the author of the reliefs on the facade of the entrance to the colonnade (the Pieta, the Virgin Mary with the dead body of Christ in her lap, Jesus in the Temple, the expulsion of merchants from the temple) .  Besides Marco Casagrande was responsible for the interior of the cathedral - its interior decoration .  Special attention deserve the image of St. Stephen and Vladislav on the side altar of the baroque works of the artist Johann Lucas Kracker, as well as the main altar, painted by the Viennese master Joseph Danhauzerom .  It depicts the death of St. .  John .  The cathedral is the largest organ of Hungary, which was built in the late XIX century, Ludwig Moser from Salzburg .