* Kılıç Ali Paşa Hammam: Commissioned to the great architect Sinan by the famous Ottoman Admiral Kılıç Ali Paşa as part of the mosque and school complex, Kılıç Ali Paşa Hammamı was constructed in between 1578-1583 to serve the levends (marine forces in the Ottoman navy). Famous for its architectural lines and majestic dome, the Hammam is one of the symbolic buildings in Tophane, Istanbul’s harbor district. Kılıç Ali Paşa Hammamı has opened after seven years of meticulous and intensive restoration, and endeavors to provide you with an experience to remember within its amazing historical atmosphere. http://kilicalipasahammami.com/
* Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hammam: The Ayasofya Hurrem Sultan Hammam in Istanbul was designed and built by Mimar Sinan, the chief Ottoman architect. It was built at the request of Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana), the wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century (1556-1557 AD). It was built where the ancient public baths of Zeuxippus (100-200 AD) used to stand, between the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia. The area is also particularly significant as the site where the Temple of Zeus once stood. The hammam was operational until 1910 when it closed for many years. It was restored for the first time between the years 1957-1958 and was a carpet bazaar until 2007. Although the hammam was built in the classical period Ottoman bath style, it was an innovation in Turkish bath architecture to have the sections for men and women constructed on the same axis as mirror images of each other. http://www.ayasofyahammami.com/?rel=2
* Galatasaray Hammam: Galatasaray Hammam, is in the building of Galatasaray Mosque – (Kulliye), it was originally built, together with the külliye itself during the region on Beyazıt II. The construction of Galatasaray Hammam stands on mysterious story. When the Sultan Beyazıt was wandering around the land where todays Galatasaray Lycee and the Galatasaray Hammam stands on now; he sees a hut. This hut belongs to Gül Baba, a respected man of this time. Sultan Beyazıt meets this man and asks him: “Gül Baba! Do you have any wishes?” and Gül Baba wishes the construction of a schoolto conquer over the centuries and Kulliye to have a hammam with dome. Sultan Beyazıt accepts the wish and makes the Kulliye be built in 1481. Gul Baba’s grave is still in the Kulliye and the Galatasaray Hammam conquered over the centuries just like he wished (1481/2007 – 526 years). http://www.galatasarayhamami.com/hammam/
* Cağaloğlu Hammam: Cağaloğlu Turkish Bath was built in 1741 in order to provide revenue for both the library of Mahmut I, the sultan of the era in Hagia Sophia Külliye (social complex) and for Hagia Sophia Mosque. The plan for the bath was designed by Süleyman Ağa, the architect of the court, and the bath was built by Abdullah Ağa. Baroque style novelties that Ottoman architecture did not have are evident in the architectural structure of the building and the organization of its cooling-room and hot room sections. http://www.cagalogluhamami.com.tr/en
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