Budapest Régiségei 37. (2003)

Buzás Gergely: A visegrádi királyi palota fürdője 151-166

A VISEGRÁDI KIRÁLYI PALOTA FÜRDŐJE THE BATH OF THE ROYAL PALACE IN VISEGRÁD Significant remains of a bath have survived in the Royal Palace of Visegrád on the second floor of the north-eastern building, comprising the royal living quarters. A stone tub, a round oven for heating water, a hypocaustum oven and the stone paving of the water pipe were found. It is possible therefore to reconstruct the bath built at the end of the 14

th century under the reign of King Sigismund I. It was supplied with hot and cold running water and contained a bath tub and a hot chamber - it is not unlikely that steam was also lead into it. The whole bath was enlarged at the end of the 15

th century under the reign of king Matthias I. Antonio Bonfini's description says that an ointment massage room was also added at this time. 14

th-century analogies of the hot chamber of the bath in Visegrád can be found in France, but bath complexes similar to Visegrád are first known in Italy from the end of the 15

th century: from the theoretical works of Francesco di Giorgio Martini and the palace bath built by him in Urbino. The technical formation of the bath conveyed by high quality engineering and its complex structure outstanding of the age bear important testimony to King Sigismund's technical interest. 157