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حمام ترکی
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thumb|upright=1.2|Ali Gholi Agha hammam, [[Isfahan, Iran]] A hammam (), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model of the Roman thermae. Muslim bathhouses or hammams were historically found across the Middle East, North Africa, al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia, i.e. Spain and Portugal), Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and in Southeastern Europe (notably Balkans and Hungary) under Ottoman rule.
A hammam is a type of steam bath or public bathing facility that has been an important part of Islamic culture, inherited from ancient Roman bathing traditions. These bathhouses were historically spread across the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Portugal, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and parts of southeastern Europe under Ottoman rule.
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- Subclass of
- bathhouse
- Image
- Turkish hamam in acre.jpg
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- OpenStreetMap tag
- bath:type=hammam
- Commons category
- Hammams
- topic's main category
- Category:Hammams
- culture
- Islamic culture
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