The structure with a traditional Alanya house on south of
the Red Tower at Aşağı Kale (Lower Castle) is known as Çarşı Bath. The bath,
built with quarry stone, brick and lime mortar but repaired by using concrete
with cement mortar in the Republican period, is domed in the center, has
transversally hot room and dual single room.
Hot room was designed in a system as square plan, domed in the center,
single rooms in the corners with small domes on the top, which were common in
Turkish baths starting from 12th to 20th century. The space is lightened by
spans, called as elephant’s eye on the dome. Water of the bath was provided
from a cistern found on back of Girene Fountain, built in 13th century and had
its water from outside of the wall. Historical bath was operated by owner of
the house until 1960s.
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