As the door closed behind us, the din of the city was silenced. We were neophytes in a spacious sanctuary. Look at the walls, the pillars, the arcs and arches. All this for a bath . . . It's a kind of religious place.
Architecture is the most important expression of Islamic art.
They reject images or figures of living things. You see, they believe Allah is the sole author of life and anybody who tries to create a likeness of a living being is seeking to rival Allah, or beat him at his own game. So they concentrate on architecture. They enclosed space with elaborate and elegant structures out of reverence to Allah. Since physical purification is half of the Moslem faith, this is a very special place.