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The Baths of Diocletian are the largest public baths ever built by the Romans. "This luxurious and enormous facility served 10,000 people daily for 250 years.
Built of concrete and millions of bricks, the Baths of Diocletian was decorated lavishly with marble walls and floors, hundreds of columns, frescoes, mosaics, statues, and large upper windows that filled the interior with sunlight.
The size of these baths, including the surrounding outside gardens, walls, and other structures, measured 13 hectares (32 acres). The actual main baths building itself was an incredible 4.5 hectares (11 acres) in size. One can only marvel at the labour, resources, expertise, artistry, and planning required to build such a massive complex in only eight years (298 - 306 AD)." atouchofrome.com/baths-of-diocletian-explained.html
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. The extensive ruins of the baths have become a popular tourist attraction. The bath complex covered approximately 13 hectares (33 ac). The bath building was 228 meters (750 ft) long, 116 meters (380 ft) wide and 38.5 meters (125 ft) estimated height, and could hold an estimated 1,600 bathers. The Caracalla bath complex of buildings was more a leisure centre than just a series of baths. The "baths" were the second to have a public library within the complex. Like other public libraries in Rome, there were two separate and equal sized rooms or buildings; one for Greek language texts and one for Latin language texts.
Govanhill Baths in Calder St, Glasgow, currently closed but there is a campaign to get it restored and re-opened for the people of Govanhill
For more details see www.govanhillbaths.com/
This bath is almost fully complete, and was buried with it's roof intact. This room was for changing. You can see the cubbyholes where the men (it was the male bath) would leave their togas.
Govanhill Baths in Calder St, Glasgow, currently closed but there is a campaign to get it restored and re-opened for the people of Govanhill
For more details see www.govanhillbaths.com/
The Roman Baths
Bath, England
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing.
The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum, holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century.
The water which bubbles up from the ground at Bath falls as rain on the nearby Mendip Hills. It percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 and 4,300 metres (8,900 and 14,100 ft) where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 69 and 96 °C
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One of many baths in Ostia, it was built in the 2nd century AD and renovated multiple times thereafter. It features four large floor mosaics in different rooms.
Ancient Ostia (Ostia Antica) - Rome, Italy
This is an overflow area that allows drainage to the Avon River to keep the baths at an even level and prevent the chance of flooding.
The August 2009 Flickrmeet was to the old Victorian Swimming Baths on Moseley Road.
The Friends of Moseley Roads Baths are trying to preserve and restore this historic building
Pictures from the long abandoned Public baths in Blackrock, Dublin. Once a popular summer spot the baths are now in a state of decay and plans for there demolition have been discussed.