Cindi Bath

Antakya has a history of baths. The bath that men and women use at different times unfortunately needs repair. If the restoration is done, the historical features will be saved. The tourists are at the center of attention.

A touristic place story with a beautiful and meaningful story to see; It is located on Forty Centuries Turkish Street, on the corner of the Zenginler District Kahraman Street and Ulu Cami Street intersection ... It is one of the important historical buildings of Antakya. The bath culture has survived to the present day within the framework of the structure of the city and the social structure of the city people since the Roman period. It is said that the bath was built by the Mamluk Sultan Baybars, and the second opinion is that it was built by Sinan Pasha in 1517 for the bathing of Cundi soldiers during the Egyptian expedition of Yavuz Sultan Selim. Cundi word; It means soldier and indicates that the bath was built for soldiers. While there is no inscription about the construction of the bathhouse, there are two opinions about the construction of the bath. In addition to the information that the building was built by the Mamluk Sultan Baybars, there is information in the foundation documents dated 1527 that the Cundi Bath was registered as a foundation property with an income of 4000 Akçelik. It is seen that the Cundi Hamam was counted among the foundations of Sinan Pasha under the Ottoman rule. This information indicates that the framing bath existed before 1516. The bathhouse has a door opening to both streets. The bath consists of a dressing room, two sections of warmth, heat and furnace. The hot room has a plan with four iwans and four corner cells. The entrance doors of the bath are in the form of iwans with crown doors and pointed arches. There is a marble fountain in the middle of the cold, which has two domes. The legs carrying the dome were moved forward from the west wall and the dressing sections reflected in the interior space in the form of pointed arched iwans were placed between the legs. There are resting benches in front of these sections. The dressing room is entered through a door opening from the south wall of the arcade. Located on the east wall of the dressing room, the door opens onto the barrel vaulted corridor that provides access to the warm section. Its warm part consists of a square space covered by a single dome, which is crossed with pendentives. Roof cover and domes are covered with tiles. There are vegetal decorations belonging to the period on its inner walls. There is a furnace and a hot water section at the back of the bath. The furnace section consists of a rectangular area covered with barrel vaults extending along the western wall of the hot room. Cut stone was used in the part of the space. The large niche on the south wall of the corridor is used as a killik. The bath, due to its function, was damaged due to its humid environment and earthquakes, and it was repaired in various periods. There is information in the sources that the bath has been repaired several times. The last time the bath was damaged in 1760-1761, it was repaired extensively. Today, this work needs repair. He saw the last repair in 2000.

The exterior architecture is very beautiful, especially for the night photo has a very stylish appearance ?

It was built by Sinan Pasha for the needs of Cundi soldiers during the Egypt campaign with the edict of the Ottoman Sultan Yavuz (I. Selim) Selim in Gregorian 1517. Although I could not visit the interior, my belief that it was built with a perfect architecture like other historical Ottoman baths, is unshakable, but it awaits the days when there will be restoration, the bridgehead of the Ulu Mosque in the center of the city is in a very central location in the direction of the sheriff's Qibla. In the land registry records, Antakya 3rd district 34 parcel with 752m2 area. It is registered as a Two-Storey Three-Apartment Kargir Apartment with Hammam and Three Shops on the Ground.

In the historical place, despite the tiredness of the years, the taste of relaxation is another.

Stars are only in history... They are falling out of neglect..; It does not suit Antakya, the ancient city that has hosted many civilizations. Not only that, the buildings from the French occupation period are deplorable. Municipalities and local administrations should be ashamed of tourists... What more can I say..