The Roman Baths
Roman temple and bathing complex built around a sacred hot spring, beside the Georgian Pump Room.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Roman Baths in Bath starts with Sam Weller, the manservant in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, giving his blunt opinion of the famous waters. From there it follows the hot spring back through Roman worshippers of the goddess Sulis Minerva, a scandalised medieval bishop, and the Georgian bathers who sat in it while crowds watched from the Pump Room windows.
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