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The City of Bath England is a World Heritage City. From the Roman period to the present day this has been the heart of Bath as within it rises the hot mineral spa water that has given the city its name. In the first century AD the Romans built a Stoned walled reservoir to Contain the Spring and supply water to the adjacent baths, No one swam in the Spring itself, it was a sacred site and worshippers threw into the water offerings to the patron deity Suljs Minerva. The Sacred Spring was covered by a rectangular vaulted building between the temple and baths shown in the reconstruction drawing by John Ronayne. By the sixth Century the temple and baths had fallen into disuse and the reservoir vault had collapsed into the spring. The waters Continued to rise within the ruined building and the Saxon monastery may have used them for bathing. In the I2th century the King’s Bath, named after Henry I, Was built within the remains of the Roman building. It was used as a curative bath and was fed from directly below by the hot Spring. The King’s Bath lay Within the Precincts of the medieval monastery. category images
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