Showing posts with label Király Fürdő. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Király Fürdő. Show all posts

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.