Hammam in Prizren Kosovo 15th century monuments

The Prizren Hamam

The Hamam of Prizren or the Hamam Gazi Mehmet Pasha is a hammam in Prizren in Kosovo. The hammam was built at the end of the 15th century (1498) and is therefore on the list of monuments of Kosovo.

Prizren - hammam Gazi Mehmet Pasha

The Prizren Hammam is located in the old town of Prizren and was built at the end of the 15th century, more precisely in 1498. The hammam (Turkish bath) is of the "couple hammam" type that was used by both sexes at the same time. It consists of different stones. The part of the hammam for men is slightly larger than the rest for women.

The hammam has all the rooms that hammams of this type have, so it consists of the entrance part (the part for waiting and drinking), the wardrobe part, the central part where there is washing, sweating, pleasure and the part of the kettle is the southern one part of the object. The hammam consists of different stones combined with bricks. The walls are approximately 90 cm thick and plastered on the inside. The roof of the building has two domes on the drum in the cold part (reception) and nine small domes over the warm part of the hammam. The wardrobe and the boiler part are covered with arches. The cover is tiled in the cold part, while the lead parts are tiled in the other parts.