Reception Hall. 로마목욕탕(Roman Baths)(2). 바스(Bath)

Reception Hall. 로마목욕탕(Roman Baths)(2).

바스(Bath). 영국(England)

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The City of Bath

World Heritage Site

A masterpiece of human creative genius whose protection must be the concern of all

 

There are around 900 UNESCO World Heritage Sites world-wide. Famous cutural sites include the Taj Mahal, Pyramids of Giza and Great Wall of China.

 

In 1987 UNESCO inscribed 'The City of Bath' as a cultural site on its World Heritage list. Bath's most important attributes were identified as its:

 

Roman Remains - the Roman Baths and Temple thermal establishment below this building;

 

18th Century Architecture - neo-classical public buildings and set-piece developments such as terraces, crescents and squares by Palladian-inspired Bath architecs;

 

18th Century Town Planning - its nnovative and cohesive planned urban landscape that influenced London and Edinburgh;

 

Social Setting - its role as a destination for pilgrimage and the social aspirations of the fashionable spa culture that created the Georgian city;

 

Hot Springs - the only ones in Britain and the reason for the city's existence;

 

Landscape Setting - the valley of the River Avon shose hills provided the stone to build the city and form the backdrop to the city today.

 

Related to these attributes are intangible cultural elements of healing, medical research, pilgrimage and worship.

 

 

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The Roman Baths

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Rotunda ceiling of the main entrance to the Baths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discovering the Roman Baths

The Roman Baths is one of Europe's best preserved ancient sites.

Explorations have been taking place here for nearly 300 years.

The main excavations have been major events in British archaeology.

 

Today the Roman Baths lies at the heart of the World Heritage site of Bath.

 

The Archaeologists

Antiquaries and archaeologists have been recording and excavating here since 1727.

Discoveries have caught the headlines and fired the public imagination.

Major Charles Davis, who excavated most of the Roman Baths between 1879 and 1885.

 

Professor Sir Ian Richmond, who worked extensively on the site in the 1950s

 

Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe excavated in the West Baths, the Sacred Spring and the courtyard of the Temple of Sulis Minerva from 1965-1983

 

Elizabeth II

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