This former Turkish bath-house, built in 1444 by Sultan Mourad II, is the largest in Greece. It had separate facilities for men and women; the men's section is decorated with stalactites. The inhabitants of Thessaloníki continued to use it, under the name of Loutrá Parádissos (''Baths of Paradise''), until 1968, when it was closed and handed over to the archeology department.