Ottoman bath in Apollonia of Volvi
Abstract
The study of the building’s type, supports the notion that it has been built on a formerly existing Byzantine bath. Its similarities, with the more ancient baths, mainly those of Proussa and then those of the area of Constantinople, are numerous. The conception of the space of the bath in Apollonia is not unlike the one of Eski-Kaplitza (1264) and of Eski-Sehir-Ka- plitza (1235-1453) in Proussa or for that matter the Persebe-Hamam and partially the Bitbazaar-Hamami at the same town. Its type and style are placing it chronologically in the period of Proussa’s School, while the manner of construction and the use of materials show a strong Byzantine influence. This does not contradict the fact that Apollonia is mentioned after a long silence again, on the 15th C and that the unity of buildings, where the bath belongs as well, was part of a station-settlement by the ancient Via Egnatia. The above elements, although there is no inscription of its foundation, are placing the building fairly reasonably in the second half of the 15th C and early 16th C.
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Χατζητρύφωνος Ε. (1987). Ottoman bath in Apollonia of Volvi. Makedonika, 26, 139–168. https://doi.org/10.12681/makedonika.1078
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