Cafer Pasha Hammam

The main square in Famagusta, today known as Namik Kemal Square, was the busiest part of the city in Ottoman and Latin times.

The most important mosque in the city, the Lala Mustafa Pasha, along with the historic medrese and the Cafer Pasha Fountain and Hammam (bath), comprised the buildings that surrounded this square. The fountain can be seen to the right of the entrance to the Venetian Palace.

It was built in 1597 and named after an Ottoman general. Across from the fountain is the Cafer Pasha Bath.

Although the bath dates to 1605, the dressing rooms are much older, originally part of the 14th century St Francis Church.

The rest of the baths are typically Ottoman Turkish, with domed hot and cold rooms.