INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
travel destination.The bathhouse is located in the ancient city of Azna in Lorestan province
the official said.Public bathhouses in Iran were not only places for bathing and cleaning up
They had a social concept for people who gathered at these places weekly.It was a place where people talked with each other about their
daily life and shared humor and news
There are still bathhouses in Iranian cities but they do not have their social function anymore since most people have bathrooms in their
homes due to the modern lifestyle.Some cities had separate bathhouses for men and women
They were usually built next to each other
However, there were some bathhouses, which were used by men and women at different times of the day.There were also male and female public
bathhouses; at daybreak, a longhorn (Booq-e javaz) was blown to announce that the bath was ready
Men came to the baths from daybreak till the afternoon
Women could use the bathhouses from then to sunset
In some cases, five days were allocated to men and two days to women.Persian literature is full of proverbs, narrations, and folk stories
about bathhouses, which indicate the importance of the place in the past time.A region of raw beauty, Lorestan was once inhabited by Iranian
Indo-European peoples, including the Medes, c
Moreover, Cimmerians and Scythians intermittently ruled the region from about 700 to 625 BC
Lorestan was incorporated into the growing Achaemenid Empire in about 540 BC and successively was part of the Seleucid, Parthian, and
Sassanid dynasties.Furthermore, ancient Lorestan is famed for its Luristan Bronzes for their eclectic array of Assyrian, Babylonian, and
Iranian artistic motifs, dating from this turbulent period.AFM
