Ceiling of the Sultan's "Hamam", Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

            The hamam combines the functionality and the structural elements of its predecessors in Anatolia, the Roman thermae and baths, with the central Asian Turkish tradition of steam bathing, ritual cleansing and respect of water. 

A person taking a Turkish bath first relaxes in a room (known as the warm room) that is heated by a continuous flow of hot, dry air, allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before splashing themselves with cold water. After performing a full body wash and receiving a massage, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation.

The Ottomans in particular became prolific patrons of baths, building a number of ambitious structures, particular in Constantinople after it became their capital in 1453. Moving beyond the re-use of the Roman baths in their new lands, new bath were constructed as annex buildings of mosques, the complexes of which were community center as well as houses of worship.

Taken in: Turkey / İstanbul / İstanbul / Vişnezade (show map)

Taken on: February 3, 2013

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