Čifte Hammam

Cifte hammam (Macedonian: Чифте-амам, Albanian: Hamami i Çiftit, Turkish: Çifte Hamam) is a hammam in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia. It was built in the mid-15th century by Bosnian general Isa-Beg Ishaković in order to provide a regular source of income for his endowment.

Etymology

Name of the hammam is derived from the Turkish word "çift" meaning "two" or "couple" as the building consists of two main parts. Since 2001 the object is used for exhibitions as a part of the National institution “National gallery of Macedonia”.

Characteristics

Male and female dressing rooms are apart with a joint bath area. There were three separate rooms with high temperature, of which one was constructed with a pool for ritual bath of the Jews in Skopje. Today it is not operational and houses part of the exhibition of the National Gallery of Macedonia whose head office is in Multimedia center "Mala stanica". Daut Paşa Hammam is also part of the National Gallery of Macedonia.

See also

• Hammam
• Old Bazaar, Skopje
• Ottoman Vardar Macedonia

External links

• Text about Cifte hammam on web site about Old Skopje
• National Gallery of Macedonia - official web page

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Old Bazaar, Skopje

Hans

• Kapan An
• Suli An
• Kuršumli An

Hamams

• Daut Pasha Hamam
• Čifte Hammam

Churches

• Ascension of Jesus
• St. Demetreus

Mosques and türbes

• Mustafa Pasha Mosque
• Sultan Murad Mosque
• Ḱose Kadi Mosque
• Arasta Mosque
• Murad Pasha Mosque
• Ishak Bey Mosque
• Ishak Bey's Türbe
• Isa Bey Mosque
• Hudaverdi Mosque
• Hadži Balaban Mosque
• Duḱandžik Mosque

Synagogues

• Beth Yaakov Synagogue
• Beth Aharon Synagogue

Museums

• Museum of North Macedonia
• Museum of Contemporary Art

Administrative buildings

• Old Turkish Post Office
• Vilayet Konak Hükümet

Squares

• Philip II of Macedon Squaree
• Skanderbeg Square

Other monuments

• Skopje Fortress
• Stone Bridge
• Clock Tower
• Bezisten
• Bit Pazar
• Monument of Skanderbeg

42°00′04″N 21°26′14″E / 42.001055°N 21.437298°E / 42.001055; 21.437298

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