Gellért-hegyi Sziklatemplom (Gellért Hill Rock Church) was originally constructed in in Gellért-hegyi barlang (Gellért Hill Cave) in the 1920s by a group of Pauline monks under the direction of architect Kálmán Lux. Consecrated in 1926, It served as a chapel and monastery until 1951 when it was sealed by the State Protection Authority. After the iron curtain fell, it reopened in 1989 and the chapel by 1992 the chapel had been restored and the Pauline Order returned. Today the cave, which s also referred to as Saint Ivan's Cave (Szent Iván-barlang) after a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick, is a popular tourist attraction.
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