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| Veria, Macedonia, Greece |
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The 15th century Sinan Tuzci Hamam in the centre of Veria. |
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Like the Romans, the Arabs and Turks considered public baths an important part of daily life, and the Ottomans built impressive hamams throughout their empire. After Greece gained its independence in the 19th to early 20th century and the Turkish population left, most of these hamams sadly fell into disuse.
As in the case of the declining Roman Empire, when the legions deserted their outposts and the baths and other public buildings crumbled, perhaps the Greek subjects of the defunct Ottoman Empire had no use for such foreign trappings, or perhaps they were were too expensive in terms of fuel to maintain. |
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Like most of Veria's surviving old buildings, the Sinan Tuzci Hamam
is hidden among the sidestreets of the town. You could drive
through Veria and never know that they were here. |
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