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was converted into a leisure
com plex. Although the complex
is currently closed due to a legal
dispute, the Citadel and the
path to the Liberation
Monument remain open to
the public. From the old
defensive walls of the Citadel
there is a spec tacular panorama
of the city below.

5 Statue of
St Gellért
Szent Gellért Emlékmű
The main plunge pool at the Rudas Baths, covered by a Turkish cupola
Map 4 D2. @ 27. (And a long walk.
Go via the steps by Elizabeth Bridge.)
and a Hungarian convert to 6 Rudas Baths
In 1904 a vast monument Christianity kneels at his feet. Rudas Gyógyfürdő
was established on the The statue was designed by Döbrentei tér 9. Map 4 D2 (9 C5).
spot where Bishop Gellért Gyula Jankovits; the semi- v 18, 19. Tel (06 1) 356 13 22.
was supposedly murdered in circular collonade behind it is Spa Baths: Open 6am–8pm daily,
the 11th century. It is said by Imre Francsek. A spring that 10pm–4am Fri & Sat. Swimming pool:
the bishop was thrown into bubbles up here was used to Open 6am–6pm Mon–Wed, 6am–
the Danube in a barrel, by a create the fountain. 8pm Thu & Sun, 10pm–4am Fri & Sat.
mob opposed to the adoption Overlooking the Elizabeth ∑ budapestspas.hu
of Christianity. St Gellért holds a Bridge, the monument can be
cross in his outstretched hand seen from throughout the city. Dating originally from 1550,
these baths were extended in
1566 by Sokoli Mustafa, an
Ottoman pasha. The main part
of the baths, dating from this
period, have an octagonal
plunge pool and four small
corner pools with water of
varying temperatures.
The baths now include a
mixed swimming pool. The spa
pools are mixed on weekends,
but Tuesdays are reserved for
women and the rest of the
week for men.

7 Queen Elizabeth
Monument
Erzsébet Királyné Szobra
Döbrentei tér. Map 4 D2 (9 C5).
This monument to Queen
Elizabeth, wife of Habsburg
Emperor Franz Joseph, was
created by György Zala.
The statue was erected in its
present location in 1986. It
stands close to the Elizabeth
Bridge (see p67), which was also
named after the empress, who
showed great friendship to the
Hungarians. The statue stood
on the opposite side of the river
from 1932 until 1947, when
the Communists ordered it
The landmark Gellért Monument overlooking the Elizabeth Bridge to be taken down.

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