It is a Celtic settlement by origin, which later, under the Romans, started to develops into the town named Arrabona in the Pannon Basin.
Saint István (Stephen) founded 1000 years ago the Episcopate of Győr, symbol of Christianity of West-Hungary.
n spite of the fire in 1556, owing to Italian master builders Győr has become one of the most beautiful renaissance towns of Europe. The buildings can be admired at the present time as well forming the inner town of Győr.