# Rudas Baths > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rudas_Baths > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rudas_Baths.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudas_Baths > Source revision: 1327383843 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Thermal bath in Budapest, Hungary Rudas Bath at the foot of [Gellért Hill](/source/Gell%C3%A9rt_Hill). **Rudas Bath** or **Rudas fürdő** (Hungarian pronunciation: [\[ˈrudɒʃ ˈfyrdøː\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hungarian)) is a thermal bath in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), [Hungary](/source/Hungary) which is claimed to have medicinal properties. It was founded in 1571/1572[1] during the time of [Ottoman rule](/source/Ottoman_Hungary). To date, it retains many of the key elements of a [Hammam](/source/Hammam), exemplified by its Ottoman dome and octagonal pool. It is located at Döbrentei tér 9 on the [Buda](/source/Buda) side of [Erzsébet Bridge](/source/Erzs%C3%A9bet_Bridge). The bath has six therapy pools and one swimming pool where the temperature is in between 10 and 42 °C (50 and 108 °F). The components of slightly radioactive thermal water includes sulfate, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate and a significant amount of fluoride ion. A sight-seeing brochure claims the water can help to treat degenerative joint illnesses, chronic and sub-acute joint inflammations, vertebral disk problems, neuralgia and lack of calcium in the bone system.[2] The baths were commissioned by [Sokollu Mustafa Pasha](/source/Sokollu_Mustafa_Pasha) who was the governor (*beylerbey*) of [Buda](/source/Budin_Eyalet) between 1566 and 1578.[1] This is inscribed in Hungarian in the baths, on a stone standing atop the Juve spring, which is believed by locals to have a rejuvenating effect on people. As Sokollu Mustafa Pasha was the nephew of Grand Vizier [Sokollu Mehmed Pasha](/source/Sokollu_Mehmed_Pasha), Rudas baths echoes the design and dimensions of similar monumental [Ottoman constructions](/source/Ottoman_architecture) in Istanbul.[3] The baths were used as a location for the opening scene of the 1988 action movie [Red Heat](/source/Red_Heat_(1988_film)), starring [Arnold Schwarzenegger](/source/Arnold_Schwarzenegger) and [James Belushi](/source/James_Belushi). An orgy scene was filmed in 1997 in the octagonal pool for the adult movie *Concupiscence*. It re-opened at the beginning of 2006, after a comprehensive renovation of its interior. ## Gallery Foundation inscription - Turkish times - Hungária drinking fountain - After world war 2 - 1960's - Swimming pool - Swimming pool (29 °C) - 32 °C - 36 °C - 42 °C - Sauna world - Salt room - Aroma sauna - Dry sauna - Finnish sauna - Drinking well ### Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Papp2018_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Papp2018_1-1) Papp, Adrienn (2018). *The Turkish Baths of Hungary: Archaeological Remains of the Ottoman Era*. Budapest: Archeolingua. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-615-5766-05-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-615-5766-05-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Baths in Budapest - a guide for students"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234634/http://budapestcorner.com/index.php/news/budapest-sightseeing/319-baths-in-budapest), *Budapest Corner*, archived from [the original](http://budapestcorner.com/index.php/news/budapest-sightseeing/319-baths-in-budapest) on 2016-03-03, retrieved 2010-12-14 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Papp, Adrienn. (2011). *Building and builder: Constructions under Sokollu Mustafa Pasha's reign in medieval Buda*. In Biedronska-Slota, B.; Ginter-Frolow, M. & Malinowski, J. (ed). *The Art of the Islamic World and the Artistic Relationships Between Poland and Islamic Countries.* Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology & Polish Institute of World Art Studies. pp. 75-83. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Rudas Gyógyfürdő](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rudas_Gy%C3%B3gyf%C3%BCrd%C5%91). 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