Tripoli - Hammam Ezzeddine
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This public
bathing-house was given to the city by its Mam-luke governor 'Izz ed-Dīne
Aybak.
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The
governor, who died in 1298, is buried in a mausoleum beside the
hammam. In building these baths, he used choice remains from the
Crusader church and hospice of Saint James. The front portal is
decorated with an inscribed fragment between two Saint-James shells, and
the inner door is surmounted by the pas-chal lamb. The Hammam 'Izz ed-Dīne
was in continual use until recently and it is now under restoration.
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