Irgalmasok Veli Bej Bath

Veli Bej Bath (Irgalmasok Veli Bej Fürdője) is a 16th-century Ottoman Turkish bath on the Buda side of Budapest, built around 1574-1575 and named after the Ottoman pasha Veli Bej. Its centrepiece is a domed octagonal thermal pool dating to the original Ottoman construction, surrounded by four smaller pools. In 1802, Count István Marczibányi acquired the bath and began restoring it; in 1806 he donated it to the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God (Order of Mercy), which still operates it today alongside its adjacent hospital. A major restoration between 2001 and 2012 preserved the historic Ottoman features while modernizing the facility. The calcium-magnesium bicarbonate water is used for musculoskeletal treatment.