A Mamluk-era hammam with an ablaq fa\u00e7ade of basalt, limestone, and brick fragments; an entrance with a lintel and arches; three barrani platforms surrounding an octagonal marble basin; a central section with domes and skylights; and an inner hall with private chambers, stone basins, and window openings. The external furnace complex includes a traditional fire chamber (Bayt al-Nar), a dedicated fuel room (Hujrat Qamimi), and a decorated marble sabil.<\/p>\n
Located at the heart of Sarouja Market in Old Damascus, Hammam al-Jawzah was founded by Emir Ibn Subh in 1322 CE. The structure followed the classic five-section layout, featuring a central marble basin and an external furnace tower. Severely damaged in the 1980s, the hammam remains partially ruined, yet retains architectural remnants that reflect the craftsmanship of Mamluk design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Mamluk-era hammam with an ablaq fa\u00e7ade of basalt, limestone, and brick fragments; an entrance with a lintel and arches; three barrani platforms surrounding an octagonal marble basin; a central section with domes and skylights; and an inner hall with private chambers, stone basins, and window openings. The external furnace complex includes a traditional fire chamber (Bayt al-Nar), a dedicated fuel room (Hujrat Qamimi), and a decorated marble sabil. Located at the heart of Sarouja Market in Old Damascus, Hammam al-Jawzah was founded by Emir Ibn Subh in 1322 CE. The structure followed the classic five-section layout, featuring a central marble basin and an external furnace tower. Severely damaged in the 1980s, the hammam remains partially ruined, yet retains architectural remnants that reflect the craftsmanship of Mamluk design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,394],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-8428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-damascus","category-traditional-public-baths-damascus","tag-partially-destroyed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8428","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=8428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}