Cafer Pasha Hammam

The main square, currently known as the Namik Kemal Square, was the busiest part of the city in the Ottoman period, as indeed it was in the Latin period.

The most important mosque in Famagusta, the Lala Mustafa Pasha, along with the historic medrese and the Cafer Pasha Fountain and Hammam (bath), comprised the buildings that surrounded this square.

The preserved marble fountain can be seen to the right of the entrance to the Venetian Palace, built in 1597 and named after a distinguished Ottoman general.

Across from the fountain is the Cafer Pasha Bath. Although the bath dates to 1605, the dressing rooms are much older, originally a part of the early 14th century St. Francis Church. The remainder of the baths, however, reflect the style of a typically Ottoman Turkish bath, with domed hot and cold rooms.