Tahtakale Hamamı
Tahtakale Bathhouse stands amid Istanbul’s busy streets as an Ottoman hammam linked to Sultan Mehmed II’s reign. Its origins reach back to the mid-fifteenth century. The structure presents a historic public bathhouse whose changing role remains visible in its architecture.
Originally, the double hammam separated men’s and women’s sections, each with changing rooms and steam rooms. The men’s section now forms the main entrance. Its central dome spans nearly seventeen metres and rests on muqarnas squinches, features also found in period hamams in Edirne and Bursa. The building served as a public bath until the early twentieth century.
An 1894 earthquake and a 1911 fire left the structure standing, but storage use later caused significant damage. Restoration began in the late 1980s. The site now houses Tahtakale Hamamı Çarşısı, with new galleries and a central fountain recalling the original layout.
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