Twin Hamam

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The Twin Hamam of Tuzcu Sinan Bey ({{langx|el|Δίδυμα Λουτρά του Σινάν Μπέη Αλατά}}) are an Ottoman bathhouse (hamam) in the northern Greek city of Veria.

The baths were built by Tuzcu Sinan Bey ({{lang|tr|Tuzcu}} means "saltman", whence Greek {{lang|el|Αλατάς}}) at an unknown date, but at any rate before 1640, when it is recorded that repairs were undertaken. They are located in the centre of the city, and continued to function as a bathhouse until 1935.{{sfn|Marge|Matskani|2007|pp=76, 78 (note 15}} Their name derives from the division into men's and women's sections, which are arranged in an L-shaped fashion. Both sections consist of the same rooms: a large dressing room covered by a round brick-built dome, a warm-water room, and a hot-water room. The bath also features a hypocaust, an unusual feature for Ottoman architecture in Greece.{{sfn|Marge|Matskani|2007|p=76}} The two bathhouse sections were almost identical, with the men's section being slightly larger and more richly decorated, with mosaics and frescoes with floral patterns.{{sfn|Marge|Matskani|2007|p=76}}

The bathhouse was declared a protected monument in 1963. The Municipality of Veria took over the building in 1995, which today is used as a fresco conservation laboratory by the 11th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities.{{sfn|Marge|Matskani|2007|p=76}}