Bath House sights in Italy
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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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Il Fungo
In the 1950s and 1960s, French starlets and European royalty came to play at the legendary Terme Regina Isabella spa resort. The stars may have gone but one local icon remains, sprouting out of the sea: the iconic Il Fungo (The Mushroom) is a 10-metre volcanic rock formation spat out by Monte Epomeo thousands of years ago.
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Terme Stabiane
On Via dell'Abbondanza, the Terme Stabiane is a typical 2nd-century-BC bath complex. Entering from the vestibule, bathers would stop off in the vaulted apodyterium (changing room) before passing through to the tepidarium (warm room) and caldarium (hot room).
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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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Roman Theatre
On Volterra’s northern edge lies the Roman Theatre, a well-preserved complex complete with a Roman bathhouse.
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