Roman Bath

The Great Bath — the entire structure above the level of the pillar bases is a later reconstruction.

The entrance to the Roman Baths

For Roman baths in general, see Thermae.

The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The complex is a very well-preserved Roman site of public bathing, and is a major tourist attraction. The buildings, the upper portions of which date to the 18th century, are grade 1 listed.^[1] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 574 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 574 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2499x2103, 2361 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bath Wikipedia:Featured pictures Thermae Roman Baths User talk:Diliff User:Diliff Wikipedia:Featured... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2499x2103, 2361 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bath Wikipedia:Featured pictures Thermae Roman Baths User talk:Diliff User:Diliff Wikipedia:Featured... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2106x1528, 659 KB) The main entrance to the Roman Baths, Bath, England, close to Bath Abbey. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2106x1528, 659 KB) The main entrance to the Roman Baths, Bath, England, close to Bath Abbey. ... Roman public baths in Bath, England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Tourism > Tourism in England Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The Baths were featured on the 2005 TV programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the West Country. Seven Natural Wonders is a television programme that aired on BBC Two from 3 May to 20 June 2005. ...

How the Hot Springs form at Bath

The water which bubbles up from the ground at Bath today, fell as rain on the Mendip Hills many hundreds, or possibly thousands, of years ago. It percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 and 4,300 metres where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 64 and 96 degrees Celsius. Under pressure, the heated water rises to the surface along fissures and faults in the limestone to beneath Bath. This process is similar to an artificial one known as Enhanced Geothermal System which also makes use of the high pressures and temperatures below the Earth's crust. The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. ... Hot-Dry-Rock (HDR) is a type of geothermal power production that utilises the very high temperatures that can be found in rocks just a few kilometres below ground. ...

History

The first shrine at the site of the hot springs was built by Celts, and was dedicated to the goddess Sulis, whom the Romans identified with Minerva; however, the name Sulis continued to be used after the Roman invasion, leading to the town's Roman name of Aquae Sulis (literally, "the waters of Sulis"). During the Roman occupation of Britain, increasingly grand temples and bathing complexes were built at Bath, starting in the first century CE and used for four centuries. After the Roman withdrawal in the first decade of the fifth century, these fell into disrepair and were eventually lost due to silting up. The hot waters, thought to be medicinal, were used through the Middle Ages and redeveloped in the eighteenth century, housed in buildings by two architects named John Wood, father and son. Visitors drank the waters in the Pump Room, a neo-classical salon which remains in use, both for taking the waters and for social functions. Victorian expansion of the baths complex respectfully followed the neo-classical tradition established by the Woods (illustration, right). The Roman complex, rediscovered in the late nineteenth century and reopened to the public in 1897, as well as being a major archaeological find, has become one of the city's main tourist attractions, in multi-media presentations. Celts, normally pronounced // (see article on pronunciation), refers primarily to the members of any of a number of peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages or descended from those who did. ... In ancient Celtic polytheism, Sulis (also found as Sulevis/Sulis/Sulla) was the deification of spring-water, especially of thermal spring-water, conceived as a nourishing, life-giving Mother goddess. ... A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Head of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, 1896 For other uses, see Minerva (disambiguation). ... A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain. ... For alternate meanings see Bath (disambiguation) Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... For the magazine about archaeology, see Archaeology (magazine). ...

The water that flows through the Roman Baths is considered unsafe for bathing, partly due to its having passed through the still-functioning original lead pipes, but more significantly because of encephalitis having been found in the water. The newly-constructed Thermae Bath Spa nearby, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, allows modern-day bathers to experience the waters via a series of more recently-drilled boreholes. For Pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series Post-transition metals or poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... Thermae Bath Spa is a multi-million pound development project in the city of Bath in Somerset. ... Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including the international railway terminal at Londons Waterloo Station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. ...

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References

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External links

• Roman Baths official website
• Roman Baths Quicktime VR
• The Roman Baths jump Video

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