Stylish water faucet in an ancient Persian bathhouse

in photography •  7 years ago 

An old faucet in 300 years old Ali Gholi Agha hammam in Esfahan, Iran.

A Turkish bath (Turkish: hamam, Arabic: حمّام‎, translit. ḥammām) is a type of public bathing associated with the culture of the Ottoman Empire and more widely the Islamic world. A variation on it as a method of cleansing and relaxation became popular during the Victorian era, and then spread through the British Empire and Western Europe. The buildings are similar to the thermae (Roman baths). Unlike Russian banya, the focus is on water, as distinct from ambient steam.

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It was a pretty advanced bathhouse at it's prime, they had heating system for water and plenty of different rooms for different purposes - from massage platforms to pools.
And they knew how to do it in style.


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LocationEsfahan, Iran
SettingsISO 5000 16 mm f/5 1/60
CameraSony Alpha 5000
LensSony 3.5-5.6/16-50

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Bath is a kind of ritual. And whatever it was, after a visit, you always feel like a new one.
I have a sauna in the house with a therma and a shower.
But I was never in the hamam, even though they are being built everywhere, even in Belarus.

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The truth that the theme of culture is too wide and varied, that one does not stop impacting it; As a result of your photo and the link that you placed, look a little more thoroughly the theme of these baths and I got that for our culture in Latin America I have not seen them, and it is the point that in these public baths there are workers that are dedicated to to bathe and assist the men in this process (from what I saw, they even soaped and scrubbed as if they were children); it's a matter of culture, what for me is strange to them is totally normal and more so when it's an activity that comes from hundreds of years.

Indeed. Where are you from exactly?

I am from Venezuela. We are the neighbors of Colombia.

Bath is cool! From the bath is always young and healthy, as if to plunge into the snow after a steam room is generally a sweet deal. However, not all suitable temperature difference for health reasons.

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you found a very cool spot. I like it! @finkistinger

I like your nickname, lol

Nice picture with a nice story @nameless-berk. I want to discover Iran one time. Upvoted from @chanthasam. Have a nice evening.

Good and great post

How beautiful pict.
Greetings from Indonesia.

Buen post, impresionante fotografía, saludos

Excelente post, el grifo y la estructura del edificio son asombrosas, saludos

wow,its awesome.

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Espectacular, saludo.

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