Daut Pasha Hamam (Bath)
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In the old part of Skopje, between the Old Bazaar and the Stone Bridge, one of the most stately monuments of the Islamic profane architecture from the 15th century, the hamam (bath) of Daut Pasha, is located. It is a building of an oblong basis with a slight elongation on the north and the south side. |
You can access the interior of the hamam through three entrances that are located on its northern, eastern and western wall. Today, the north entrance is closed. The walls of the Daut Pasha hamam are massive, made of large stones and bricks. On the western part of the roof there are two large domes and eleven more, unequal domes. The hamam consists of fifteen, different in size, rooms, all covered by domes in which there are glass, star-shaped openings through which the light of the day penetrates.
In the past this hamam was used for bath and as a sauna, with different entrances and changing rooms for female and male customers.
Today, the object is adapted and since 1948, it is an art gallery in which the national presentation is exhibited (Macedonian icons from the 14th to the 19th century and works from the contemporary Macedonian art).
D. Kareva
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