bathhouses
Public washing facilities
Bathhouses are public facilities for bathing, ranging from simple shower facilities to elaborate complexes with pools, saunas, and steam rooms.
Some bathhouses serve as social gathering places in various cultures—Turkish hammams, Japanese sentō, Russian banyas.
In gay culture, bathhouses are venues for anonymous sexual encounters between men: The city's bathhouses were shut down during the AIDS crisis.
Therapeutic wellness facility
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- jacuzziWhirlpool bath with jets
- massageSoft tissue manipulation
- aromatherapyTherapeutic use of plant essences
hydrotherapy · mudbath · bodywrap · detox · rejuvenation · therapy · relaxation · pampering
Collection of people meeting
- socializeInteract with others
- communityCollective of connected people
- publicAvailable to all
- membershipState of belonging
urban · subculture · cruising · gay · LGBTQ · meetingplace · camaraderie · regulars
Turkish public steam bath
Bodies of still water
- tilesFlat covering pieces
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- plungeSudden steep descent
- lockersSecure storage compartments
benches · dome · fountain · courtyard · drainage · heating · ventilation · atrium
Ancient underfloor heating
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- excavationAct of unearthing
archaeology · antiquity · patrician · Byzantine · Ottoman · Victorian · ruins · restoration
spa
Therapeutic wellness facility
aromatherapy · hydrotherapy · mudbath · bodywrap · detox · rejuvenation · therapy · relaxation · pampering · treatment
gathering
Collection of people meeting
membership · urban · subculture · cruising · gay · LGBTQ · meetingplace · camaraderie · regulars · conversation
hammam
Turkish public steam bath
ritual · communal · tradition · etiquette · attendant · scrubbing
pools
Bodies of still water
lockers · benches · dome · fountain · courtyard · drainage · heating · ventilation · atrium · alcove
hypocaust
Ancient underfloor heating
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
excavation · archaeology · antiquity · patrician · Byzantine · Ottoman · Victorian · ruins · restoration · architecture
soap
Fatty alkali cleanser
shower · towels · sponge · loofah · pumice · exfoliate · shampoo · rinse · bucket · basin
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- bathingwash, tub, soaking tub, soak, shower
- bathing practicesablution, spa culture, sauna, hammam, onsen
- spa typeshot springs, mineral springs, onsen, hammam, thermal pools
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- Persian CulturePersian gardens, Persian garden, Nowruz, Persian rugs, Persian carpet
bathhousessingle-family homes
Standalone dwellings for one household