An old faucet in 300 years old Ali Gholi Agha hammam in Esfahan, Iran.
A Turkish bath (Turkish: hamam, Arabic: حمّام, translit. ḥammām) is a type of public bathing associated with the culture of the Ottoman Empire and more widely the Islamic world. A variation on it as a method of cleansing and relaxation became popular during the Victorian era, and then spread through the British Empire and Western Europe. The buildings are similar to the thermae (Roman baths). Unlike Russian banya, the focus is on water, as distinct from ambient steam.
It was a pretty advanced bathhouse at it's prime, they had heating system for water and plenty of different rooms for different purposes - from massage platforms to pools.
And they knew how to do it in style.
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| Location | Esfahan, Iran |
| Settings | ISO 5000 16 mm f/5 1/60 |
| Camera | Sony Alpha 5000 |
| Lens | Sony 3.5-5.6/16-50 |
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