In Famagusta, in the North-western corner of the Namik Kemal Square you find the Cafer Pasha Bath named after the well-known Ottoman general. Documents confirm that it was built in 1601 during the Lusignan period in the courtyard of the St. Francis Church. The bath is nowadays used as a restaurant.
The building reflects the typical architectural bath style of the Ottomans and offers warm and hot sections. The changing room, being originally part of the St. Francis Church, is even older and dates back to the Middle Ages. Through a gate in the Southern wall you get to a flattened cross-vaulted room. It is lit by three windows in the ceiling and walls. You enter an intermediate gate in the Northern wall to get to a half-vaulted L-shaped section - the bath's tepidarium.
The building reflects the typical architectural bath style of the Ottomans and offers warm and hot sections. The changing room, being originally part of the St. Francis Church, is even older and dates back to the Middle Ages. Through a gate in the Southern wall you get to a flattened cross-vaulted room. It is lit by three windows in the ceiling and walls. You enter an intermediate gate in the Northern wall to get to a half-vaulted L-shaped section - the bath's tepidarium.