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Feridun Ahmed Bey Hamam

Coordinates: 41°20′59.24″N 26°29′37.00″E / 41.3497889°N 26.4936111°E / 41.3497889; 26.4936111
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Feridum Ahmed Bey Hamam today.

The Feridun Ahmed Bey Hamam[1] (Greek: Χαμάμ του Φεριντούν Αχμέτ Μπέη, Turkish: Feridun Ahmed Bey Hamam) is an Ottoman bath which dates from 1571/72 and is located to the north of the Mehmed I Mosque in the central square of Didymoteicho, in northern Greece.[2] Today it stands in poor condition.

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According to Dutch historian and Ottomanologist Machiel Kiel, on the facade of the hamam there used to be an inscription giving the year of construction as 1571/2, as it is mentioned in the account of the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi.[2]

Feridun Ahmed Bey was a senior official as well as a man of letters. Feridun built these baths in Didymoteicho, as well as a mosque bearing his name, which was demolished at the beginning of the twentieth century. The hamam had two sections, one for men and one for women with a separate entrance for each. The entrance to the men's bath was from the square and had a grand entrance. The baths ceased to function at the beginning of the twentieth century.[1] Part of the building was demolished in the 1970s,[3] but today the monument is protected under the Ministerial Decision of the Ministry of Culture/ΑΡΧ/Β1/Φ37/67046/1492/17-11-1982 (Φ.Ε.Κ. 27/Β/27-1-1983).[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Αθανάσιος Ι. Γουρίδης (2008). Διδυμότειχο μία άγνωστη πρωτεύουσα. Δήμος Διδυμότειχου. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-960-86488-1-4.
  2. ^ a b c Ελένη Κανετάκη (2004). Οθωμανικά Λουτρά στον Ελλαδικό Χώρο. Αθήνα: Τεχνικό Επιμελητήριο Ελλάδος. pp. 132. ISBN 960-8369-04-5.
  3. ^ Eleni Kanetaki (2005). "The still existing ottoman hamams in the Greek territory" (PDF). Middle East Technical University / Faculty of Architecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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41°20′59.24″N 26°29′37.00″E / 41.3497889°N 26.4936111°E / 41.3497889; 26.4936111