Király Bath or Király fürdő is a
thermal bath
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...
that was first built in
Hungary
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in the second half of the sixteenth century, during the time of
Ottoman rule. The bath and its neighborhood have since become part of the consolidated city of
Budapest
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.
It still retains many of the key elements of a
Turkish bath
A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited ...
, exemplified by its Turkish dome and octagonal pool. It is located at the corner of Fő utca and Ganz utca. Its address and entrance is Fő utca 82-84 (green façade on the picture to the right) while the exterior of the bath proper is on Ganz utca (domed stone structure).
Components of thermal water include sodium, calcium, magnesium bicarbonate, sulphate-chloride and a significant amount of fluoride ion. The water temperature in the four different pools have some difference, but in between 26 and 40 ℃.
The Király Baths are open to both sexes.
Notes
External links
Budapest Spas and Hot Springs entry on Kiraly BathsPictures of Kiraly Baths on the same site
Infrastructure completed in the 16th century
Ottoman architecture in Hungary
Thermal baths in Budapest
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