Hammams in Turkey:

Istanbul: The Őrŭcŭler Bath:

shampooing

                

Shampooing at the Őrŭcŭler Bath
 

    
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The Őrŭcŭler Bath was originally built some time before 1489, and is still open for men only. Most of the interior has been refurbished. It  is near the Őrŭcŭler  (Weavers' Gate) and is sometimes called the 'Back Bath' because most of its customers were porters carrying loads on their backs.

The photograph and description is from Orhan Yılmazkaya's beautifully produced Turkish baths: a guide to the historic Turkish baths of Istanbul.
              

 

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The Roman Baths, Cambridge. Part 1: Prelude

          

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Victorian Turkish Baths:

their origin, development,

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