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Reading in the Baths of Diocletian. ©2015 Light & Shadows Photography by Joseph Yarbrough - All Rights Reserved.
There was a sunbathing gallery just above the level of the holes in the wall - where the supports were.
Roman Baths , Bath.
The Great Roman Bath, 1st century AD, with superstructure by John McKean Brydon, 1895-97.
The imposing structure is one of the most monumental archeological buildings in Rome. The ruins are enormous and are very well preserved with many mosaics still partially intact. Historical sources suggest that the interiors were decorated with colored marble flooring, painted stuccoes, great statues and huge marble columns.
Built in Rome between AD 211 and 216, the baths remained in use until the 6th century, heated by a system of burning coal and wood in a huge furnace underneath the ground to heat water provided by an aqueduct. Like all bathhouses in ancient Rome, it included three bathing rooms: the frigidarium (cold), tepidarium (lukewarm), and the calidarium (hot) – the closer to the furnace, the hotter the pools.
Aside the baths, there were spaces for exercise (palaestras), large mosaics decorating the walls of masculine forms flourishing leaden weights or wrestling mythological beasties.
If you’re ever in Rome, it only costs € 6 to enter! Worth it.
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The Great Baths, seen from a nearby rise, complete with wild flowers.
For more on Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana locally), go and have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Villa or sights.seindal.dk/sight/901_Hadrians_Villa.html
The Baths were built onto the south side of the Library (Being renovated at the moment) and opened in 1907
The now-defunct public baths by the sea-front at Dún Laoire, aka Dún Laoghaire/Dunleary/Kingstown . . . a sorrowful site, but with a most interesting history. Read all about the place via Google!
(modified image, taken summer 2010)
Best viewed at A3 size!
Liberty Bridge (also known as Freedom Bridge) in connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. It was designed by János Feketeházy.
And in the background is the Art Nouveau architecture of Gellert Baths [and hotel]. It was built between 1912 and 1918, was damaged during World war 2 and then rebuilt.
SUTRO BATHS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- When I looked up at this rock, it reminded me of the Horse Head Nebula.
For suggestions about how to photograph Sutro Baths, take a look at the California page of the Free Photo Guide website.
Manchester
In the design and construction of the Baths, built in 1906, a great deal of money was expended, Manchester having at that time one of the world's wealthiest municipal coffers. The façade has multi-coloured brickwork and terracotta decoration, the main interior public spaces are clad in glazed tiles from floor to ceiling and most of the many windows have decorative stained glass.
A ramp offers entry into the training pool. A board walk separates the training pool from the main pool. The Baths buildings look more glamorous from the street side. High-rise buuldings loom beyond the baths. (My Ref R001-023)
For more information on the ocean baths along the NSW coast, check out the NSW Ocean Baths website www.nswoceanbaths.info
Roman Baths , Bath.
The Great Roman Bath, 1st century AD, with superstructure by John McKean Brydon, 1895-97.
Taken this morning at Merewether Baths NSW.
A small group of keen (or silly) Newcastle Sundance members met here for a sunrise shoot.
We sheltered until the conditions eased enough to brave the drizzle, and attempt to salvage something from the effort taken to get up at 4am to be here!
Originally gave this the B&W conversion - but reworked it and thought the sepia looked better; hope you enjoy it!
P.S. Note the blurred swimmer centre right of image - I could easily have cloned him out, but thought this added further interest and context to the baths!
Had a fantastic evening over at the Victoria Baths for the IMBC this year.
FIrst time I've been to IMBC and also to the Baths, which is a really cool building dripping in history for nerdy engineering sorts.
Only regret was that I only bought a single ticket this year, next year we're going many many times.