Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Gran

GRAN (the ancient Istrogranum, whence Hungarian Esztergom, and Latin Strigonium), the capital of a county of the same name, seat of the prince primate, and formerly a royal free city, is situated on the right bank of the Danube, nearly opposite the confluence of the Garam (Gran), 25 miles north-west of Buda, 47 46 N. lat., 18 44 E. long. It may be generally divided into the town proper, the episcopal quarter, also called Vizivaros ( Watertown), and the communes of St Thomas and of St George. The finest terraces and public buildings are to be found in the two first-named portions of the town. On an elevated and commanding position, where once a fortress stood, are the