The Roman Baths--the City of Bath

The Roman Baths

I still remembered I once copied a sentence from the Roman Baths during my last visit to Bath. It seems to say, “Life is like a bath, with many bubbles within it.” It is a beautiful city with vintage ambience. Happily, I visited it again last week.

Traced back its history, in 836 BC, the spring was discovered by the British king who built the first baths, I guess he really know how to keep warm by a bath in the chilly English weather and have some enjoyable moment. After Roman invasion, it is well-preserved by Roman for public bathing.

Roman Baths is one of the historical sites in the UK now, the sacred spring at the very heart of the sites, a great temple is built next to the Spring, where the spirit of the goddess dwelt. According to the official website, the holy water are inscribed with the letters DSM (Deae Sulis Minerva) which shows that they were dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva. (See Roman Bath in different angles: )

The water which bubbles up from the ground and about 1,170,000 litres (240,000 gallons) of water rises here daily flow through the Roman great drain. All the designs of Roman Bath shows the wisdom of the Roman engineers, and some sculptures display how rich Roman is at that era.

A real women played a role of the ancient Roman

With healing power, some words describe the magic of the spring is worthy of coping herein: “if they can’t be cured by drinking and bathing here, they will never be cured anywhere.” Thus, never miss the opportunity to try the free natural Spa water at the end of your visit.

The Roman Bath website