Medieval Bathhouse

The bathhouse in Shakhrisabz is considered to be the oldest, older than the baths of Bukhara and Samarkand. Interestingly, this bathhouse in the city of Shakhrisabz is still functioning, although it was built in the middle of the 15th century. The design of the bathtub is rectangular and starts from the top with a dressing room for outerwear.

Then, along the bathhouse, with a total area of 22.5 x 15 meters, there are 4 rooms, and the central room continues not only in front, but also along its 2 sides - two rooms in front and one on the left, the other on the right. All the rooms except the first one are bathrooms, only this first room is visible from the ground, the others are only visible with their domes, in fact they are dug into the ground to keep warm and warm.

In the central, largest bath hall, people took cold, warm or hot water from containers in front of the windows into copper sinks, and then moved to different rooms, some of them preferred hotter, others cooler. There they were washed, rinsed, massaged, or pampered by the bath attendants. Water was supplied to the tanks by a crane, which drew water from the well.

The walls and vaults of the baths were thickly covered with lime mortar, which had water-repellent properties, and were made of baked square bricks. The floor was lined with marble, and under it was a dense network of heating channels made of the same brick, up to half a meter diagonally.