Nobar bathhouse

Nobar bathhouse in Tabriz is one of the most splendid works of Iran's architecture left from mid-Ghajar era. Encompassing an area of about 700 square meters, it is located where two main and famous streets in Tabriz, imam Khomeini and Tarbiyat Streets, meet. The bath construction started with an architect named Bala Kazim, a local in Ghara Aghaj, about 140 years ago and when the city developed and its old gate was devastated it was in the center of the city. In the map of the city, prepared before 1243 AH, the bath stands near the gate of Nobar and in another map belonging to Darolsaltaneh , in 1297 AH, it is known as Vazir bathhouse.
The old bathhouse was registered on the list of national sites by the cultural heritage organization in 1387 and with a plan named Pardisan its function changed without any change in its architecture .
To put into use the whole space of the house, Sorbineh and Garmkhane, where the water is made hot, were converted to an eatery and the area on the roof was designed for Chaykhaneh (tea house) and performing Pardekhani, a kind of play where a singer describes the events of the religious men's life drawn on a piece of curtain, and minstrelsy.