The Rác Thermal Bath in Budapest combines a 1572 Ottoman Turkish cupola, commissioned by Pest's civic judge and later owned by Buda governor Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, with a section by Miklós Ybl. Ybl built the main section in two phases from 1865 to 1870. No architect is named for the 1572 cupola or the 21st-century wing. The article names no client for Ybl's work.
The shower corridor dates from 1865 and the imperial cupola from 1870, though the text also says the Roman-styled section was built in 1865. The article describes an Ottoman Turkish bath, Austro-Hungarian imperial pools and a VIP section styled after ancient Roman baths. Marble is the main material of the imperial cupola. The complex covers about 8,000 square meters with 11 pools.
The site is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and of the Rác Hotel and Thermal Spa. The article gives no hours or prices.
Comments