Les bains turcs, next to La Sous-Préfecture,

in Dunkerque (Dunkirk), France

                

Les bains turcs, Dunkerque, France
 

< Postcard, published by Phono-Photo, Tournai, France, in the collection of the Victorian Turkish Bath Project.

Les Bains Dunkerquois

 

 

 
 

Corner of the baths, 2005

  
 

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Corner of the remains of the Turkish baths, in 2005, its minarets, dome and chimney removed, and its once magnificent exterior becoming increasingly defaced and destroyed.

 

 

  
 

Close-up of bricked-up entrance in 2005

  
 

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One of two lions still guarding the bricked-up remains of the entrance to the baths in  2005

 

 

  
 

Plant room entrance, 2005

  
 

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Bricked-up entrance to the baths plant room in  2005

  

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