HISTORY OF THE HAMMAM

Historically the first public bath was created by the Roman empire more than 2000 years ago. They allowed citizens to visit local bathhouse to cleanse themselves and keep good hygiene. The idea caught up with the rest of the world and Morocco were amongst the first ones to embrace that way of bathing and even made it a community ritual.  
Since religion is an important part of Moroccan’s culture, the first hammam was found near the praying center and was almost mandatory before prayer.