HASEKI HÜRREM SULTAN HAMAM HAGIA SOPHIA

Hagia Sophia Bath of Hagia Sophia was built by Hürrem Sultan in 1556 in order to be a master of the architect Sinan. Classical period The structure of the Ottoman houses is in the form of a double bath and is 75 m long. In this bath, the first time women and men were made on the same axis as a novelty in Turkish bath architecture. The two sections are adjacent to the temperature sections, the apexes being located at both ends of the axis. The coldness and the warmth of the men are the heat, the coldness of the women's part. The walls of the building were built as a row of cut stone, two rows of bricks. On the deck of the men's section there are four above the front, while in the women's part there are three arched windows. All the dome of the door is covered with lead. Unlike other baths, the Erkeler part has a columned portico with a dome in the middle. The dome and porch tannery are decorated with brick décor. There is a red, a white palmette decor on the arch of the hammock entrance door, and an inscription written in gold on the green floor. The undressing square is shaped and covered with a dome. Transition to the dome is provided by the thrombus. The dome turns a zigzag-shaped leaf frieze around. There are also niches with pointed arches on four walls. From this section, which shows a rectangular plan, the coldness with 3 dome on it is passed to the hotness with a door from there. Hella is on the right side of the cold, and astute is on the left. The plan has a cruciform shape with 4 eybans and 4 halvets. Halvets are in detached rooms and covered with small domes. In the center is an octagonal belly stone. It is known that the front of this part is covered with colored mosaic. The dome is placed on the walls of the octagonal space.