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Vakil Bathbhouse - panorama view - Shiraz
Bathhouse

This building consists of a large and a small bathhouse that starts with a long corridor after entrance that makes the interior of the bathhouse isolated from outdoor environment. The sar-bineh is an octagonal area covered by a tall dome-shaped vault and A decorative pool is located in its middle. The ceiling`s central aperture and the four light apertures around it assure a natural lighting in this area. Each side of this octagonal area a chamber topped by a semi-circular arc. The sarbineh is accessed along one of these axes and the vestibule-like mian-dar is located along another axis. The garm-khaneh is a square area that squat dome assures an adequate heating inside it. Two rectangular recesses in two of its opposite sides have created a strong axis in the garm-khaneh. The chal-e-hows, separated from the garm-khaneh by three adjoining arcs, is located at the end of this axis. This is a rectangular area with a central pool and arcades all around it. The khazineh was located in the middle of the garm-khaneh`s side facing the entrance. The khazinehs are located at the end of the garm-khaneh`s entrance axis.

Sar-bineh is a place for undressing, resting and conversing that located past the entrance and before the garm-khane.
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Sar-bineh
Mian-dar is an area between the sar-bine and the garm-khane, which separates them and prevents heat exchange between them.

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Mian-dar
Khazine is a small washing room adjoining the garm-khane and toping the golkhan, tun, atash-khane or furnace room which is filled with hot water to mid height. Some bathhouses also have tepid and cold water khazines.
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Khazine
Garm-khaneh is the main place of bathhouses where washing and massaging takes place and which includes one ore more khazines.
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Garm-khaneh
Chal-e-hows is a large and relatively deep pool of cold water in which callers can swim and refresh themselves that usually adjoining the garm-khane.
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Chal-e-hows

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Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse - Kashan
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Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse - Kashan

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