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The Hammam Al-Ándalus Arab baths

[Image description: 9 gifs of a hammam (Turkish bath); from left to right.

First line: A gif panning down over a public bath, there are pillars and archways that dip into the water and star shapes cut into the roof, letting in the light of the sun. An ornate window with a lattice screen (mashrabiya) reflects in the dark moving water of the bath. A gif of a flickering candle on a shelf making the shadows dance across an intricate tiled wall. And a gif of two bathers in swimming costumes waking down a dark hallway of archways lit by lanterns on the floor.

Second line: A gif of a bather relaxing in a bath, the water rippling around them and the light of candles lighting up the tiled walls around the room. A close-up gif panning over the ornate window from before, a light can be seen behind the mashrabiya screen, and the reflection of the window warps as the water ripples in the bath below. And a gif of a bather moving one leg as they lay back in a bath.

Third line: A gif of a darkened part of the bath, the lights reflecting on the water. A gif of a candle in a little arch shelf cut into the wall and surrounded by patterned tiles. And a gif of a darkened part of the baths under some archways, the light from laterns glinting on the waters surface.