The Turkish Bath in the past

The visitors of the Molnar Janos Cave first see the Turkish Bath building at the entrance. It was built in the end of the 19th century as a public bath but later they abandoned. Now there are only the remaining ruins which should be renovated. But in this photo you can see how did it look […]

The bridge above the lake

It took more than 25 years until they found a solution to widen the road at the Malom to (Lake Malom or Lake of the Lukacs Thermal Bath as they called it in the 19th century). Zsigmond Street (today it’s the Frankel Leo Street) was one of the most important roads in Buda but it […]

Molnár János and the first exlporations

As most of you know, the cave was named after Molnár János (this is the Hungarian name order, Molnár was his family name and János is his given name), the chemist who worked in the 19th century. He was born in 1814 and got his pharmacist degree in 1838. He worked in a pharmacy, and […]

The powder mill

The story of the mill at the lake The Ottoman Empire occupied Buda in the 16th century. Later they built a powder mill (baruthane in Turkish language) to make gunpowder. It was built near an artificial lake. Because of the hot springs, it was never frozen. After the siege of Buda in 1686, the mill […]