According to most accounts, this glorious, early-Ottoman Turkish bathhouse was built at the behest of Gazi Mehmet Pasha, Sanjak Bey of Iskenderiye (Shkodra) in about 1575. Combining elements of both Oriental and local architectural styles, the building was made from rubble stones and hydraulic lime with plastered internal wall surfaces. Unusual for a hamam in the Prizren region, the building was designed to accommodate both men and women at the same time (ordinarily, the two sexes would bathe in the same hamam at different times), and the individual entrances, changing and bathing areas along with much of the original extraordinary design can still be seen. Although structurally sound, the interior is in a bit of a mess and the building is generally closed with the exception of times when it functions as a temporary art gallery and chamber music venue.