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Cifthe hamam #2


Cifthe hamam #2
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Copyright: Bojan Stankovski (Bojan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 139 W: 6 N: 188] (1634)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-09
Categories: Architecture
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-10 14:13
Viewed: 609
Points: 4
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Cifte hamam, or Double bath, is one of the two public baths that have remained in Skopje as a legacy of the Ottoman Empire. The bath was built in 1531 by Isa bey, an Turkish aristocrat. It was a bath for both males and females, hence the name double bath. Ofcourse they bathed separately, with the entrances in the parts covered with the large domes which housed the changing rooms and central water fountains. Each smaller dome housed a different bathing room with the heating room for both parts in the middle.
The bath is in the center of the old bazaar in Skopje. Evlija Celebija, the Turkish travel writer, visited Skopje on couple of occasions during the 17th century and counted 70 public baths. Today just two still stand. Cifthe hamam is used as an art gallery for temporary exhibitions. Even if one is not interested in the art itself, the hamam should be visited for the chance to admire the elaborate dome decorations.
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  • starky Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 194 W: 3 N: 29] (1612)
  • [2007-05-11 16:48]

Zdravo Bojan. Ubav pogled na kupolite od visina.Dobra fotka so ubav odsjaj i senki.
Pozdrav od Bitola, Bosko.

Zdravo Bojan,
Gledam seushte te interesiraat ovie stari gradbi, amami, djamii i ubavo shto gi prikazhuvash, treba nekoj den amamot vo Bitola da go fotnam, no vaka kako ti shto imash fotografirano, mnogu mi se dopagja perspektivata odozgora i site tie mali kupoli se mnogu interesni. Chudno shto nemash komentar/kritika od nitu eden turchin:)
MNogu pozdrav,
Gordana

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