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6 Rudas Baths castle
These famous Turkish baths, which date from district
the 16th century, have a characteristic
Ottoman cupola. central
pest
GellÉrt hill
and tabÁn

Locator Map
See Street Finder, maps 3, 4 & 9

The Reservoir
The observation terraces on Gellért Hill provide those In 1978, a reservoir for drinking
who climb up to them with a beautiful panorama over the water was estab lished close
southern part of Buda and the whole of Pest. to the Uránia Observatory
on Gellért Hill. The surface of
the reservoir is covered over
and provides a point from
which to observe the Royal
Palace (see pp74–5) to the
north. A sculp ture by Márta
Lessenyei, representing the
union of Buda and Pest,
decorates the structure.

2 . Cave Church
This church was established in 1926 in a
holy grotto. Under the Communists,
the Pauline order of monks was forced
to abandon the church, but it was
reopened in 1989.
Márta Lessenyei’s sculpture on
Gellért Hill’s reservoir

S Z E N T G E L L É R T R A K P A R T

1 Gellért Hotel and Baths Complex
One of a number of bath complexes built
at the beginning of the 20th century, this
magnificent spa hotel was erected here to
exploit the natural hot springs.

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