The Sultan’s Bathhouse stands as one of Hama’s oldest Ottoman hammams, constructed in the 16th century. It was intentionally named in homage to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, as indicated by a commemorative inscription at its entrance. The bathhouse adheres to the classic Ottoman tripartite layout, comprising the Bayt al-Nar (heating section), the Bayt al-Wastani (warm room), and finally the Bayt al-Barrani (cold room). All sections are covered by domes perforated with hexagonal stars, allowing for the ingress of filtered light.
\nA particularly striking feature is a marble plaque bearing a “sunburst” motif (lines radiating from a circle), symbolizing the “honor of bathing.” This decorative element is notably rare among bathhouses in inland Syria. The hammam remained operational until 2010 when it was closed due to economic considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sultan’s Bathhouse stands as one of Hama’s oldest Ottoman hammams, constructed in the 16th century. It was intentionally named in homage to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, as indicated by a commemorative inscription at its entrance. The bathhouse adheres to the classic Ottoman tripartite layout, comprising the Bayt al-Nar (heating section), the Bayt al-Wastani (warm room), and finally the Bayt al-Barrani (cold room). All sections are covered by domes perforated with hexagonal stars, allowing for the ingress of filtered light. A particularly striking feature is a marble plaque bearing a “sunburst” motif (lines radiating from a circle), symbolizing the “honor of bathing.” This decorative element is notably rare among bathhouses in inland Syria. The hammam remained operational until 2010 when it was closed due to economic considerations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,348],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-6258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hama","category-traditional-public-baths-hama","tag-preserved-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}