Széchenyi Thermal Baths
Also known as Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő
1909
Neo-Baroque
swimming pool
Széchenyi gyógyfürdő is the largest medicinal bath complex in Budapest, a yellow-painted neo-Baroque palace set in Városliget around three outdoor pools and a sequence of indoor thermal halls. The site rests on hot artesian water reached…
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- 1909
Construction began on 7 May 1909, following Győző Czigler's neo-Baroque design approved by the city council in 1903; after Czigler's death in 1905, the project was supervised by Ede Dvorák and Kálmán Gerster. The baths opened on 16 June…
- 1927
The three outdoor pools, including the long thermal basin used year-round by the chess players in the steam, were added to the bath complex in 1927.
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