I stumbled across the 430+ year-old Kiraly furdo (baths) tucked in behind some trees off of Fo utca in Buda the other day. The Ottoman Empire ruled these parts for roughly a century and a half, naturally leaving a permanent imprint on Hungarian culture and adding a significant layer in what makes Budapest. The copper domes and heavy stonework were identical to Turkish baths we'd seen in Istanbul.
01 October 2008
Turkish leftovers
I stumbled across the 430+ year-old Kiraly furdo (baths) tucked in behind some trees off of Fo utca in Buda the other day. The Ottoman Empire ruled these parts for roughly a century and a half, naturally leaving a permanent imprint on Hungarian culture and adding a significant layer in what makes Budapest. The copper domes and heavy stonework were identical to Turkish baths we'd seen in Istanbul.
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When did you go to Istanbul?? SO jealous...
-Chante
What a wonderful observation esp. to be able to compare the architecture to a place of origin. Wy Party/hunter girl
Chante,
Istanbul was around Thanksgiving of 2006. Lots of good deals to Europe around that time of year since they know we have it off and they don't!
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