The location is intra muro Damascus south of Via Recta (Suq Madhat Pasha) near the Jewish Quarter.
Also know as Taht al-Qanatir,this Ottoman bathhouse was first studied by Michel Ecochard and Claude Le Coeur in 1933 when its condition was described as "perfect". By the time their landmark study was published in 1942-1942, the edifice was all but gone except for a ripped-open undressing room transferred into a garage.
As far as the plan is concerned, it was described by the French savants as "coherent and homogeneous". Its monumental façade, mosaics, decoration are very similar to Fathi's Bathhouse therefore attributing the date of construction to the 18th century. An addition, separated from the main building, was erected at later date and was known as the "Bath of the Jews".
Stefan Weber indicates that, along with a neighboring house and a khan, this bathhouse had belonged to the endowment of Ismail Pasha al-Azm. It was under the management of Muhammad Shafeeq ibn Abdulqadir ibn Hafiz al-azm back in 1898. Baroque murals were painted in the dome towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
This relic was divided into shops and workshops and its condition described as "collapsing" back in 2009, when the Danish Institute's findings were published.
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| The undressing room 1998 |
Also know as Taht al-Qanatir,this Ottoman bathhouse was first studied by Michel Ecochard and Claude Le Coeur in 1933 when its condition was described as "perfect". By the time their landmark study was published in 1942-1942, the edifice was all but gone except for a ripped-open undressing room transferred into a garage.
As far as the plan is concerned, it was described by the French savants as "coherent and homogeneous". Its monumental façade, mosaics, decoration are very similar to Fathi's Bathhouse therefore attributing the date of construction to the 18th century. An addition, separated from the main building, was erected at later date and was known as the "Bath of the Jews".
Stefan Weber indicates that, along with a neighboring house and a khan, this bathhouse had belonged to the endowment of Ismail Pasha al-Azm. It was under the management of Muhammad Shafeeq ibn Abdulqadir ibn Hafiz al-azm back in 1898. Baroque murals were painted in the dome towards the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
This relic was divided into shops and workshops and its condition described as "collapsing" back in 2009, when the Danish Institute's findings were published.
Les Bains de Damas, deuxième partie
Michel Ecochard et Claude Le coeur
Institut français de Damas
Imprimerie Catholique, Beyrouth 1943
Damascus
Ottoman Modernity and Urban Transformation
1808-1918
Stefan Weber
Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus V 2009
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