Hammam Ben Abbad Explained

Hammam Ben Abbad[1] or Hammam Ibn Abbad is a historic hammam (bathhouse) in the medina (old city) of Fes, Morocco. It is located in the Kettanin neighbourhood south of the Zawiya of Moulay Idris, near the Funduq Kettanin.[2] The hammam dates from the 14th century and was recently restored during a major rehabilitation program involving over two dozen other historic monuments in the city.[3] Its name comes from a local Muslim saint who is associated with the building,[4] and the waters of the hammam were believed to have healing properties. Entered from the north, the hammam has the usual series of rooms inherited from the Roman bathhouse model: an undressing room (equivalent to an apodyterium), a cold room (frigidarium), warm room (tepidarium), and a hot room (calderium).[5] [6] The hammam was part of the habous (endowment) of the Qarawiyyin Mosque.[7]

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  1. Web site: La magnifique rénovation des 27 monuments de Fès – Conseil Régional du Tourisme (CRT) de Fès. 2020-06-14. fr-FR. 2021-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227004933/http://visitefes.com/la-magnifique-renovation-des-27-monuments-de-fes/. dead.
  2. Book: Le Tourneau, Roger. Fès avant le protectorat: étude économique et sociale d'une ville de l'occident musulman. Société Marocaine de Librairie et d'Édition. 1949. Casablanca. 250.
  3. Web site: 2016-06-14. Fès/Restauration de la médina: Le musée vivant ressuscité. 2020-06-14. L'Economiste. fr.
  4. Web site: Résumé des discussions – ECO-HAMMAM. 2020-09-16. fr-FR.
  5. Sibley. Magda. Jackson. Iain. 2012. The architecture of Islamic public baths of North Africa and the Middle East: an analysis of their internal spatial configurations. Architectural Research Quarterly. 16. 2. 155–170. 10.1017/S1359135512000462.
  6. Raftani. Kamal. Radoine. Hassan. 2008. The Architecture of the Hammams of Fez, Morocco. Archnet-IJAR. 2. 3. 56–68.
  7. Secret. Edm.. 1942. Les hammams de Fes. Bulletin de l'Institut d'Hygiène du Maroc. 2. 61–78. 2020-09-16. 2021-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830230230/http://bnm.bnrm.ma:86/ClientBin/images/book898916/doc.pdf. dead.

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