Roman Bath

The Roman Baths complex is located in the English city of Bath and is one of the only well-preserved Roman site for public bathing. City of Bath was declared a UNISCO World Heritage Site in 1987. There are four sections in the historical complex: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The Baths are a popular tourist spot and is visited by over a million visitors.

The Baths was originally built as a shrine to the goddess Sulis by Celtz, Sulis was known in the Roman world as Minerva. Romans called the city of Bath as of Aquae Sulis and constructed a temple in 60 AD. A bathing complex was built and improved the next 300 years with the construction of a hot bath, warm bath and a cold bath. After the Roman withdrawl in the fifth century, the bath also fell into poor state.

The baths were revived during the 12th century and in the 16th century the city corporation built the Queen’s Bath. These days the springs are housed in an 18th century building designed by the Wood’s family. The baths were closed in 1979 when a girl died after swallowed some water while swimming from amoebic meningitis. Tests were conducted and were found that the water contained a species of amoeba, Naegleria fowleri.