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Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: Anatolia

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The Yeşil Direkli ("Green Column") Bath lies on the bank of the Danube facing Gürz İlyas (Gellért) Hill and was built on the order of Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, governor of Buda, in 1556. ¹ It is the most sumptuous Turkish thermal bath in Hungary, with a dome ten metres across, and its water comes from the Cave of Gül Baba just across the road. ¹

Interior and present state

The interior Evliya Çelebi described — eight high-arched great domes round a grand pool — survives intact. ¹ It was enlarged with outbuildings after Ottoman rule ended and still serves as a bath. ¹

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Mentioned in: A Guide for Ottoman Architecture in Hungary (Macaristan'da Osmanlı Mimarîsi Rehberi)

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Turbe of Gul Baba, Budapest· Yakovalı Hasan Pasha Mosque, Pécs· A Guide for Ottoman Architecture in Hungary (Macaristan'da Osmanlı Mimarîsi Rehberi)· Memorial of Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha, Buda Castle· Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Achabal garden, Kashmir· Great Mosque of Adana· Afsarwala Tomb, Delhi

Sources

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz, A Guide for Ottoman Architecture in Hungary (2024) , p. 45

Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Yeşil Direkli (Rudas) Bath, Buda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/rudas-bath-buda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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