Kertikli Hamam

Situated near the Martinengo Bastion and the surrounding churches is Kertikli Hamam.

Today, the remains of that old and grand bath house are ruins, however the original six domes remain.The custom of building bath houses was brought to Cyprus by the Ottoman. As a dome house Kertikli Hamam, was divided into different sections. There was a reservoir where people would take baths, six rooms, and a seperate dressing room.

Studying this bathhouse can give you a  good idea of how early engineering sytems evolved and the beginnings of modern domesticity (as made popular by the Romans) began.

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