Bath House sights in Syracuse
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Edificio Termale
Along the water to the east of the forum (take Via dell'Arsenale) are the fenced-off remains of the ancient arsenal, once a set of rectangular pits into which ships would be pulled for re-provisioning. Adjacent are the ruins of the Edificio Termale (Thermal Building), a Byzantine bathhouse; it is claimed the Emperor Constans was assassinated with a soap dish here in 668.
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Miqwe
The ancient Jewish miqwe is some 20m below ground level. The baths were blocked up in 1492 when the Jewish community was expelled from Ortygia and hadn’t been revealed since then.
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