Gul Baba turbeje (Gul Baba's shrine), Budapest

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The Gul Baba monument is well known between european Muslisms communities as the northest pilgrimage site in the Old Continent. Maybe for all other people it couldn't deserve a visit, but Roses Hill (where this quiet Sanctuary has been built) offers one of most beautiful views of Budapest skyline. And gives the opportunity for an unusual walk in a green and elegant part of the town.

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The Gul baba monument and tomb is located on a small hill very close to Margaret bridge on the buda side of the city.

Gul baba was an ottoman poet who died in Budapest on 1541.
As far as i know this is a holy place to Turkish people and when they come to Budapest they come to the tomb.

The streets near the tomb are narrow and steep , but the area is very nice.

Entrance to the tomb will cost you 500 Forint , Student 400 Forint and children 250.

He was a famous Turkish character that lived and died in Budapest. All Turkish tourists visit his tomb. It is a tradition to pray for the soul near graves in Islam.
I’ve read that he named (Gül is rose in Turkish) after from rose, because he is the one who brought first rose to Budapest. Also he carries a rosebud on his turban on his sculpture. It is also said his name comes from this rosebud. In both cases, we understand that he really liked rose.
His tomb has rose plants from Turkey, Isparta. It is a city famous with its roses.
This turbe (tomb) is in a nice neighborhood. It is surrounded by lovely houses in beautiful gardens. I think this means he had been loved and respected by the people of Budapest. And I am sure he is happy to be here.

Even easier to get there if you take Tram number 4 or 6, get off at the Budai Hidfo stop (the Buda side of the Danube), go 50 yards along Margit Boulevard, towards the hilly side, cross Torok (Turkish) Street, go up, turn right into Mecset Street, go up, cross the Rose Garden and there you are. It is definatelly one of the most interesting parts of the city.

This tomb can be found mid-way up Mecset utca (street) in Buda and is the resting place of a respected dervish and wise man, whose Turkish name means father of roses. Although as leader of the Bektash Order, he died soon after the capture of Budapest in 1541, Gul Baba is credited with introducing roses to Budapest and this apparently led to the naming of the Roszadomb (Rose Hill) district. As the most northerly place of pilgrimage for those of Islamic faith, it is also Budapest's only surviving religious building from the occupying Turkish era.

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Mausoleum of Gul Baba (Rose Father), who lived in 16th century during the beginning of the Ottomans occupation.

Baba, revered as a saint, introduced Roses to Budapest. His tomb, located in a rose garden, is a Muslim place of pilgrimage.

This is the reconstructed tomb of Gul Baba, an Otoman dervish who took part in the capture of the city of Buda in 1541.

I did not think it was specially interesting so I did not visit it inside. For what I know it contains a sarcophagus with the remains of Gul Baba, an very little else...

The outside is not much more appealing, having just to mark it a dome like structure and a statue of Gul Baba himself.

It might be a place of interest for Muslims though, as it is a pilgrimage site.

Baba was a Turkish warrior-saint who acted as the army's Imam during the conquest of Hungary in the 1541 campaign. Some of his poems - Guldeste = Bunch of Roses - and some of his mystical prose survive. The original mausoleum was built by the Ottoman commander Mehmed Pasha. Today, the renovated tomb, topped with a copper roof, is one of the few reminders of the 150 years of Turkish rule in Hungary. This was the true highwater mark for the Ottomans. At the peak of Turkish times, there were 61 mosques in Buda alone. Defeat in 1686 led to Hapsburg renewal and a gradual, bloody rollback of the Turks. In its time, the tomb was a local center for Islamic activity. Today, it sits quietly on a back street of Buda high above Margarethe Island, visited by the odd tourist or two.