Cemberlitas Hamami Entrance Sign
Item
Title
Cemberlitas Hamami Entrance Sign
Description
In this image, one can see the original inscribed portico entrance originally only used by male visitors, but now used by both men and women. The descending staircase leading down to the entrance is due to rising street levels over the course the hammam's five centuries of continuous operation. Back when it was originally opened, its entrance would have been street level.
Creator
Mimar Sinan
Temporal Coverage
1584
Spatial Coverage
Istanbul, Turkey
Type
Image
Date Created
2011-08-03
Source
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamam_(6032255970).jpg#/media/File:Hamam_(6032255970).jpg
Contributor
Griffin Halperin
Rights
CC BY 2.0
