Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum
II. Bayezid Külliyesi Sağlık Müzesi
A 15th-century Ottoman hospital complex that treated the mentally ill with music and running water; now a museum that has won a European museum award.
The Complex of Sultan Bayezid II was built between 1484 and 1488 on the north bank of the Tunca River. It includes a mosque, a madrasa, a medical school and a hospital (Darüşşifa). The hospital was famous for treating mental illness through music, the sound of flowing water and the scent of flowers. Today it is the Trakya University Museum of Medical History, which uses wax figures to recreate the treatment scenes of the past. In 2004 it won the Council of Europe Museum Prize. Admission is several dozen lira, and it may be closed on Mondays. It is about 2 km from the city centre; you can walk along the river or take a taxi, and it can be visited together with the nearby Saraçhane Bridge.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–18:00 (closes earlier in winter)
Nearby sights
- Saraçhane Bridge
- Macedonian Tower
- Üç Şerefeli Mosque
- Edirne Palace ruins & Justice Tower
- Old Mosque
- Kırkpınar Arena (Sarayiçi)
- Rüstem Pasha Caravanserai
- Bedesten