Comares Royal Bath
Now you can discover a new room in the Alahambra of Granada : the Royal Bath of the Palace of Comares It can be visited during the month of December every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday (with general admission to the Alhambra). Its about the only hammam that remains intact in the West from the Nasrid period.
This is how the bathrooms look after the restoration
The Alhambra always surprises, year after year, and the surprises of its construction and the secrets of its interior continue to make headlines. In the First Phase of the Restoration of the Royal Bath of the Palace of Comares craft techniques from the 14th century have been discovered, as indicated in a statement by the Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife .
This bath, one of the few hammans of these characteristics fully preserved, was built by Sultan Ismail I and continued by Yusúf I in the fourteenth century. These medieval craft techniques have come to light in vaulted roofs (for the decorative details and the original lime coatings that externally covered the space). have also been discovered vestiges of the existence of doors that isolated some rooms from others (and that will be investigated in future phases).
Interior of the Royal Bath of Comares
The Royal Bath of Comares he was dedicated to hygiene but also to pleasure. It is made up of a steam bath with different rooms: locker room and massage bayt al-maslaj, stay prior to central bath area bayt al-barid , provided with a cold water sink; warm room or bayt al-wastani Y heat room or bayt al-sajun.
External appearance of the domes of the Royal Bath of Comares