Name of the Structure | Balık Pazarı Bath / Fish Market Bath |
Category | Bath |
Period | Seljuk |
Current Condition | The restored building continues to function as a bathhouse today. |
Construction Date | Leyla Yılmaz proposes a dating of the 13th century for the structure. |
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Location / Address | Selçuk, Tuzcular, Balıkpazarı Sk., 07100 Muratpaşa/Antalya |
A door on the southwest façade facing the street provides access to this rectangular bath. A pointed barrel vault covers the rectangular room. A door with a pointed arch on the northeast wall of the lukewarm leads to the “hot” room. The hot room consists of the domed central main space and two iwans with pointed barrel vaults. Two doors with pointed arches on the northeast wall lead to the private rooms. There is a window with a pointed arch on the partition wall between the private rooms.
The building was restored in the early 2000s and reopened with a repaired “changing room” and the addition of a reinforced concrete women’s bathing unit with a flat roof.
K. Turfan, 1955 Yılı Antalya Merkez Eski Eser Fişleri. Antalya 1955, no. 47.
L. Yılmaz, Antalya: Bir Ortaçağ Türk Şehrinin Mimarlık Mirası ve Şehir Dokusunun Gelişimi (16. Yüzyılın Sonuna Kadar), Ankara 2002, 68-70.
H. Çimrin, Antalya Kaleiçi: Tarih, Gözlem ve Anılar, Antalya 2018, 237.