It is a historic architectural monument in the oriental style built about the 18-19th centuries in Ordubad city. Total area of the bath-house is 483 sqm, while the thickness of the walls is 1 m. Building was built from burnt-bricks which are 20x20x5 in measure. Its right-angled structure distinguishes it from the other medieval bath-houses of the East. Bath-house includes a wide vestibule, a tea-room, a dressing room and a bath hall. There are entrances to the other rooms and to the boiling-room from the rooms opened to the halls. Arch-shaped corridor of 1 m width goes to the vestibule of the bath-house. Dressing room is quadrate-shaped with broken edges, while the central hall is in octagonal form. There are four deep niches intended to keep the belongings in walls of the hall. Niches are 60 cms higher from the ground of the bath-house. There is a small basin (2x2 m) in the center of the vestibule. The cupol of 6.35 diameter stretches to the pillars in the corner of the octagonal hall. Height of the dressing hall having a round cupol is 7.4 m. The bath hall differs from the other medieval bath halls with its complex system. The hall is encircled with arch-shaped deep niches. In the niches there are special slab stones for getting rubbed and massage. There is a round pool in the center of the hall. Diameter of the cupol of the bath hall is 5.8 m and it is 7.4 m high. In the east side of the bath-house, there is a hot water pool adjacent to the bath hall and a boiling-room below it. The hollow from water pond was opened to the bath hall which was used to supply hot water. Water of the bath-house was provided from the nearest Garahovuz spring. Water was transmitted to the pond and bath hall by the help of faience pipes. There are channels under the bath hall and adjacent rooms for recycling warm air.

Arched niches of the bath-house have been built with pillars and covered with vaults. Building of the bath-house was reconstructed several times in the 20th century.

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