Eski Kaplica: late 14th century bath at Bursa in Turkey

                  

  Eski Kaplica in the late 19th century  
 

In the late 19th century

From a postcard in the collection of the Victorian Turkish Bath Project

               

 
  Eski Kaplica in the 20th century  
 

In the 20th century.  Photo: < ArtServe website 

  
 

     
This is the oldest hammam still in use in Bursa, the original capital of the Ottoman Empire.

  

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