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Szkesfehrvr > | align=center colspan=2 style=background:#efefef; | | | County: | Fejr | | Area | 170.89 km² | | a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population | | | a href="/encyclopedia/Postal-code" title="Postal code">Postal code | 8000 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Area-Code" title="Area Code">Area Code | 22 | Szkesfehrvr is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 104,059 people (2001), with 138,995 in the direct vicinity, and is the centre of the Fejr county. Etymology of the name Its name means "royal white chair/throne/castle", and its translation to other related languages (German Stuhlweienburg, Croatian Stolni Biograd, Turkish Istolni Belgrd) means "the white city of/with the chair/table/castle". The word szk meaning chair is related to its important role in the first centuries of Hungary: szkhely means a capital of something, szkel means (for a king) to reside somewhere. The first kings of Hungary were crowned and buried here, so Szkesfehrvr was a capital city of the country. The other capital was Esztergom. History The place was inhabited since Roman times, the settlements were called Gorsium and Herculia. In the Middle Ages, its Latin name was Alba Regalis/Alba Regia. It is historically famous as the ancient coronation and burial place of the kings of Hungary. Twin towns Since 1991 it has been twinned with Chorley, which is in Lancashire, England. External link
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