Hammam Vakil

Hammam Vakil is located in the city center of Shiraz, near other buildings from the Zand (eighteenth century) such as the bazaar and the Vakil mosque. This hammam was built at that time, on the orders of Karim Khan Zand.

The small access to the hammam leads, with a slight descent, into the entrance vestibule which is lower than the ground level. In addition, the entrance to the changing room was built at an angle. This architectural structure prevents the cold from entering the interior and the heat comes out of the hammam.

The hammam dressing room has the shape of a regular octagon, with eight massive stone columns supporting the domed ceiling in the central part. The floor of the calidarium is covered with some stones beneath which some narrow, narrow corridors have been built in which the hot air and the steam that warm the hammam floor circulate. The cistern is located on the southern side of the calidarium and its water is heated by two large cauldrons.

On either side of the enclosure of the calidarium two Shah-neshin were built and on the two sides of the cistern two Hakem-neshin which were the hammams reserved for the royal house and the local governors respectively. At the center of each Hakem-neshin there is a marble basin. The central dome is decorated according to the technique of lime painting with drawings of religious and folkloristic content.