Király fürdő
Király fürdő, or Király Bath, is one of Budapest’s oldest Ottoman-era baths, built between 1566 and 1572 during the time of Ottoman rule. The bath’s most striking feature is its Turkish dome and an octagonal pool, a direct echo of the Turkish bathing culture that influenced the city for centuries. The water here comes from springs near Lukács and Császár baths, brought into the city through underground pipes by theTurkish authorities of the era. In the 18th century, the Königs family acquired the baths and rebuilt them in a classical style, giving the place the name Königsbad or Király (King) Bath. The complex sits at the corner of Fő utca and Ganz utca, with the exterior on Ganz utca and the domed bath proper facing Fő utca 82-84. The water’s mineral content includes sodium, calcium, magnesium bicarbonate, sulphate-chloride, and fluoride, with pool temperatures ranging from 26 to 40 °C. …
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