A 12-sided cannon tower that Karakas Mehmed, the Ottoman pasha of Buda, had built around 1620. It is one of the very few buildings the Ottomans put up in the Castle District. It reopened in 2023 with a small Turkish garden below it.
- Address
- Csikós-udvar, Váralja utca 14, 1013 Budapest
- Hours
- not verified (part of the Buda Castle Palace Quarter; café and information point inside)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 30 min
- Price
- Free to walk in; the tower holds an information point, café and shop (pestbuda.hu, 2023)
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The tower was pulled down in 1898 for the palace extension and rebuilt in the 1950s; the 2023 rebuild finally made it usable.
- Some archaeologists argue the tower is older than its name and dates from King Sigismund's time; the debate is part of its story.
- It is an information point of the Palace Quarter, so you can buy tickets for other castle sights here.