Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse-Kashan

Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse (Persian: حمام سلطان امیر احمد , Hammam-e

Sultan Amir Ahmad), also known as the Qasemi Bathhouse, is a

traditional Iranian public bathhouse in Kashan, Iran. It was constructed

in 16th century, during the Safavid era; however, the bathhouse was

damaged in 1778 as a result of an earthquake and was renovated during

the Qajar era. The bathhouse is named after Imamzadeh Sultan Amir

Ahmad, whose mausoleum is nearby.

Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, with an area of around 1000 square

meters, is consisted of two main parts, Sarbineh (the dressing hall) and

Garmkhaneh (the hot bathing hall). Sarbineh is a large octagonal hall,

which has an octagonal pool in the middle separated by 8 pillars from

the outer section. There are four pillars in Garmkhaneh, which make

smaller bathing rooms all around as well as the entrance section to

Khazineh (final bathing room) in the middle. The interior of the

bathhouse is decorated with turquoise and gold tilework, plasterwork,

brickwork as well as artistic paintings. The roof of the bathhouse is

made of multiple domes that contain convex glasses to provide

sufficient lighting to the bathhouse while concealing it from the outside.

Thanks for comments.

Congrats on a beauty...

Where do you live I need to steal your camera and lens?.

Back to the old motifs Sadegh? This one really looks wonderful, like magic!

Warm regards!

PDE

Sadegh,

  I admire your work very much.  Beautiful image with amazing architecture.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Usually I don't like symmetrical architecture pictures very much.  But yours is creative and original. 

For me the light in the water is the strong point of this picture.

Well done,

Ben

Impressive architecture lines and result here,best regards.