The main symbols of the Georgian capital Tbilisi sulfur baths are. They are located in the old "bath-quarter of the city, which is called -" Abanotubani ", from which almost started pedigree and construction of the capital Tbilisi. In the East Baths were the widest dissemination and universal love. Together with the development of medicine have developed new methods of treatment and cleanliness of the body using a bath treatment and massage. Thanks to the works of Arab scholars, these techniques have contributed to the spread of baths in Georgia, Khiva, Bukhara, Armenia.
Since the time of the ancient kingdom of Urartu in Georgia began to build a sauna with natural steam. This steam Georgians were obtained from the hot springs, rich gray Hot water flowed directly from the rocks in the bath room on a special clay pipes ... This water is filled with marble basins, covered with a dome roof, through which maintenance or soft light. Sami spa located in the caves.
We know that baths were covered with gray porous stone and marble. Joseph Grishashvili, national poet of Georgia, expressed as follows: "Do not go in them - it's like that to come to Paris and not climb the Eiffel Tower. In today's sulfur baths have showers, a swimming pool with fuming sulfuric water with two adjacent stone massage boxes, on which Mackie (bath-house attendant) makes a special massage-wash mitt made of natural Georgian pad, moderately stiff, but not scarring the skin, as well cleaning body.
In the old days people are not only washed, but also talked, sitting up till dawn, and the town matchmaker in the special days arranged bride. In the baths gave dinner parties, to conclude trade deals.
About these baths with enthusiastic Alexandre Dumas, who visited them in their journey to the Caucasus, and even Alexander Pushkin, who wrote in 1829godu: "From the family have not seen either in Russia or in Turkey is nothing more luxurious baths Tiflis." The poet described in detail in their work "Journey to Arzrum.
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