Alay Banya
Alay Banya (The bath of the soldiers) is a public bath in the town of Kyustendil, built on the foundations of Late Medieval Turkish bath.
The original Turkish bath was partially destroyed after the Liberation, and was restored in 1912-1914, as a small two-storey building with a single compartment. It has an outdoor fountain with mineral water. In 1928 the bath was modernized and reconstructed in its present form. Today the bath includes a sauna, a swimming pool for relaxation, a massage room and others.
Address: 22 Khan Krum Street, Kyustendil
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Do you know that:
- in the period 1952 - 2010 in the theater of Kyustendil 323 plays by 190 authors were performed .
- two world champions in rhythmic gymnastics - Iliana Ilieva and Tsvetomira Philipova grew up and trained in Kyustendil.
- with the help of Dimiter Peshev nearly 50,000 Jews were saved from sure death.
