Karim Khan Zand built this bathhouse around 1765, and it operated as a working hammam for generations before becoming a ticketed museum. The octagonal entrance hall is topped by a dome resting on eight carved columns, with small glass discs in the ceiling that once let in just enough daylight to bathe by.
Local tip: Wax figures now stand in for the bathers and attendants, recreating scenes of massage, washing and cupping through the chambers.
Good to know
- Where: Lotf Ali Khan Zand Street, Shiraz
- City: Shiraz
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