Hammam Aramani

Hammam Aramani

Aramani Bath

Overview:

• Hammam Aramani is located in the old market, to the south of the "Saroujah" market.

• It is one of the largest "Damascus" baths, which dates back to the Mamluk period. It is also characterized by the presence of 12 domes besides the dome.

• The history of its establishment goes back to Prince Seif Al-Din Elji Bagha Al-Adly, a Mamluk Sultan of the Levant.

• As for its name Al-Aramani, it is attributed to both "Muhammad Pasha Al-Aramani" who was a minister of the Ottoman Sultan "Muhammad Khan III", and Sheikh "Muhammad Al-Aramani" who established a mosque in the Ottoman era and was named after him. The same name was given to the neighborhood in which the mosque was built, and it is likely that with the passage of time people forgot the name of Prince Elji Bagha and named the "Aramani" bath after the name of the mosque and the neighborhood close to it.

• It is one of the largest baths of the Mamluk period, with an area of 500 square meters, and it is one of the first baths that relied on diesel. It is characterized by the presence of a private water well attached to it, and its service section was damaged by demolition of the surrounding market area, However, the province of "Damascus" completed the restoration of this section.

• The hammam is completely usable, but it suffered from the demolition of “Al-Aramani” and “Atiq - Old” markets and what is historically known as “Al-Tebn” market because its economic activity depends mainly on the customers of these markets. However, it is possible to take advantage of its important location at the intersection of two of the most important streets of "Damascus", namely: "Al-Thawra" Street on the north-south axis, and "Al-Quwatli" Street on the East-West axis.

Resources:

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Syrianmodernhistory website

Ministry of Culture website

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