Ottoman Pazar Hamam (Yahudi Hamam)
Twin Ottoman bathhouse with underfloor heating and star-pierced domes, now an exhibition venue.
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This guide to the Yahudi Hamam, the old Ottoman market bath in Thessaloniki's Louloudadika district, is about how a building of stone and brick was made to hold heat and let in light. It starts with a stoker at the back of the bath, out of sight of the bathers, and follows the route they took from room to room. Along the way you'll meet the traveller Evliya Çelebi and the name Halil Aga, and learn why a bath called the Bath of the Jews probably never washed any. Best heard on the flower-sellers' corner, facing the brick-striped walls.
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