Çifte Hammam, Skopje, North Macedonia (IMAGE)

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Çifte Hammam, Skopje, North Macedonia

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Built in 15th Century by Isa Bey, this hammam is located in the middle of the Old Skopje Bazaar, between the Murat Pasha Mosque and the Suli Lodging. Alongside these two buildings, they remain the only "Islamic trio" in the area of the bazaar and in Skopje in general. The Islamic Trinities were a building complexes in the Ottoman cities, consisting of three public buildings: lodgings (caravanserais) for overnight stays, mosques for religious rites, and hammams for hygiene. 

 

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Viktor Trajanovski, et.al. The Chifte Hammam | Center for Ethnological research and applied anthropology

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