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The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose.
The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions:
1) apodyterium or changing room
2) frigidarium or cold bath room
3) tepidarium or tepid bath room
4) calidarium or hot bath room.
The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall.
A pretty poorly composited photo of the ivy-covered east wall of the local baths, but I like it.
The building has just been demolished (October 2012).
Roman Baths Museum, Bath.
Temple Baths and Spring : 1st century AD.
The Temple and baths were built around 65-75 AD. They formed one of the finest structures in Roman Britain.
A stone reservoir was built around the Sacred Spring to collect the hot water and feed it to the baths. The reservoir was in a corner of a colonnaded courtyard. In the centre of this open-air precinct stood the classical Temple of Sulis Minerva.
The wooden model shows the complex at its greatest extent in the 4th century AD.
The star shaped lights are typical of Moorish bathhouses. Though the mosque was destroyed, and the church of San Francisco built on the site, the baths have survived.
Manchester
When it opened in 1906, Victoria Baths on Hathersage Road, Manchester, was described as "the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country" and "a water palace of which every citizen of Manchester can be proud." Not only did the building provide spacious and extensive facilities for swimming, bathing and leisure, it was built of the highest quality materials with many period decorative features:- stained glass, terracotta, tiles and mosaic floors.
some of the stained glass
Exposición de AntropologÃa Visual.Victoria Baths, Manchester, UK. Octubre-Noviembre, 2012.
Visual Anthropology Exhibition. Victoria Baths, Manchester, UK. October-November, 2012.
The old public baths in Sofia haven't been open for quite a long time...in fact, I don't even know when was the last time they had welcomed people.
The building is about one century old and it's been closed for rennovations for quite a lot of time.
In the last few years there have been discussions and even projects for making it Museum of Sofia.
Hopefully, like other famous buildings, the Sofia Public Baths will be finally renovated and shining with its original beauty.
Exposición de AntropologÃa Visual.Victoria Baths, Manchester, UK. Octubre-Noviembre, 2012.
Visual Anthropology Exhibition. Victoria Baths, Manchester, UK. October-November, 2012.
Top of the stairways looking down on the old Sutro Baths. Pride of San Francisco first open to the public in 1896. Infrared rendition. Nik Silver Efex selectively colored.
I remember overlooking the Sutro Baths ruins in the early 1960's. There was a skating rink overlooking the shell of the grand baths. You can see the skating rink in the 1958 film -- The Lineup.
I went down to the baths on saturday night to try to get some pictures of the moonrise. The moon wasn't co-operating with my plans, but I was happy with some of the other shots I got. Isn't that always the way?
The "thermae" were the city's public baths. There were relatively few private baths and these were limited to the most well-to-do families, given that the latter were the only ones who could afford to build rooms suited to the purpose.
The thermal bath buildings were divided into two sections: one reserved for women and one reserved for men. Each of these contained a series of rooms with different functions:
1) apodyterium or changing room
2) frigidarium or cold bath room
3) tepidarium or tepid bath room
4) calidarium or hot bath room.
The system of heating the rooms - which was fairly ingenious -worked by running heated water through the cavities in the wall.