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This
bath
is
a
collection
of
art,
architecture
and
using
different
materials
with
a
suitable
space
which
attracts
people
to
itself.
The
architect
of
bath
and
in
general
Ganjali
khan
complex
is
a
Yazdian
architect
named
“Ostad
Mohammad
Soltani”
who
indeed
knew
the
political,
economical
and
cultural
conditions
of
its
time.
Ganjali
khan
bath
is
a
wonderful
work,
that
with
its
beautiful
tile-works,
paintings
plaster-works
pats
the
eyes
of
every
visitor.
Baths
are
included
among
the
inseparable
part
of
city’s
building
and
are
the
main
and
important
parts
of
Islamic
cities
and
villages.
The
entrance
to
the
Ganjali
bathhouse
is
located
along
a
section
of
Ganjali
Khan
Bazaar.
The
entry
portal
of
these
baths
has
been
decorated
with
beautiful
paintings
of
Safavid
era.
The
bath
is
64m
in
length
and
30m
in
width
at
an
area
about
1380
sq.m.
The
long
of
its
hot-chamber
(Garmkhane)
is
6/25m
in
width
is
7/5
m
and
its
reservoir
is
8/5
m
in
length
and
5/7
in
width
at
an
area
of
44/8sq.m.
It
consists
of
two
main
parts;
hot-chamber
and
dressing
room.
According
to
the
class
divition
in
Safavid
era
the
dressing
room
of
bath
has
6
chambers
which
each
of
them
devoted
to
a
special
social
class,
including
“Sayeds,
clregies,
tribal
chiefs,
gradness,
merchants
and
rustics.
However,
today
they
are
one
are
two
statues
in
every
chamber
of
dressing
room
that
demonstrate
the
feature
of
mentioned
classes.
The
bathhouse
was
converted
into
an
anthropological
museum
in
1971.
In
the
closet
section
and
main
yard
of
the
bath
there
are
many
lifelike
statues.
These
statues
were
designed
at
Tehran
University’s
faculty
of
fine
arts
in
1973
and
then
transferred
to
this
museum.
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