The baths of Memi Pasha are among the five notable Turkish buildings of Pécs, which have been restored in a fragmentary state. The remains, which are open to the public, are located next to the Franciscan Church at the end of today’s Ferencesek Street.

As the Turkish nobles did not accumulate property, they used their income or invested it in the founding of religious and cultural institutions. They built mosques and dervish monasteries for the edification of the soul, chapels and tombs for the dead. They founded schools for young people who wanted to learn. Baths were built to cleanse the body. The Turkish world traveller Evlia Chelebi visited Pécs between 1660 and 64 and wrote – perhaps with some exaggeration – that: ‘Memi Pasha’s baths are pleasant warm baths of fine architecture, with bath attendants whose palms are as smooth as the sun.’ In any case, we have evidence that the bath had underfloor heating. The excavation also revealed massage benches and an ornate fountain in the hall.