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6 Rudas Baths
These famous Turkish baths, which CASTLE
date from the 16th century, have DISTRICT
a characteristic Ottoman cupola. CENTRAL
PEST
GELLÉRT
HILL AND
TABÁN Danube
Locator Map
See Street Finder map 3

The Reservoir
In 1978, a new reservoir
The Observation Terraces on Gellért Hill reward those to supply the capital with
who climb up to them with a beautiful panorama over drinking water was built near
the southern part of Buda and the whole of Pest. the Uránia Obser va tory to
the northwest of Gellért Hill.
The surface of the reservoir is
covered over and provides a
point from which to observe
the Royal Palace (see pp58–9)
to the north. A sculpture by
Márta Lesenyei decorates
the structure.

2 Cave Church
This church was established in 1926
in a holy grotto. Under the Commu­
nists, the Pauline order of monks
was forced to abandon the church, Sculpture by Márta Lesenyei
S on Gellért Hill’s reservoir
but it was reopened in 1989.
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N T G E L L É R
Liberty
Bridge
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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