Historical Hammam

In the past, the Hammam served as a bathhouse for wealthy nobles and financial magnates. Today, it is available not only to spa guests, but also to the general public. Spa guests use it as a relaxation room and a place for massages. Its pleasant environment, beauty and exotic interior can recharge an exhausted organism with new energy, and thus multiply the positive effects of unique healing springs.

History

This important construction began when the then owner of the spa – Ifigénia de Castries d’ Harcourt, saw a model of a luxurious Turkish bath at the World Exhibition in Paris. She was enchanted by it. She therefore traveled to Egypt and asked Viceroy Izmail for permission to build a Hammam in Trenčianske Teplice. Izmail granted her request and sent his court architect František Schmoranz Jr. to Trenčianske Teplice with her. The Hammam, which means bath in Arabic, was completed in 1888 and this building had no analogues in Europe until then.

Architecture

The first thing that surprises the visitor upon entering is the lighting of the Hammam hall from three domes with glazed openings, which creates the impression of a starry sky. The architect Schmoranz arranged two colored rosettes on the walls, modeled after church rosettes. Each part of the railing on the gallery is carved from a single piece of stone, and a marble fountain is placed in the middle of the hall. Strips of arabesques wind into three domes, which form the vault of the entire building. Two rows of columns carved from fine sandstone separate the Hammam hall from the rest cabins, inlaid with decorative tiles, on every other cabin there is the monogram of Ifigénie de Castries.

Present

Today, the Hammam serves as a place for spa guests to relax after a bath and also provides massages . It is accessible to everyone, both as a place for providing spa treatments and as an interesting historical monument. All those who have recovered and will recover in the Trenčín-Teplice Hammam can remember the famous quote: