UNITED KINGDOM - The South Of England - The Roman baths in ... Bath

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The spring source; in its original Roman gulley.; IMG_6231.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/15; 500; ©ROY_GRUBB [3153]

The spring; IMG_6227.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/15; 500; ©ROY_GRUBB [3152]

Not very clear, so this is what it says, apparently; Bladud son of Ludhudibras
Eighth King of the Britans
From Brute, a great philosopher
& mathematician, bred at Athens
& recorded the first
discoverer and founder of
these baths, eight hundred
sixty three years before
Christ, that is two thousand
five hundred sixty two years
to the present year 1699; IMG_6224.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/120; 50; ©ROY_GRUBB [3151]

Aquae Sulis; The Roman town which later became the City of Bath in Somerset.; IMG_6216.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/20; 400; ©ROY_GRUBB [3149]

Lasting at most 130 years, the Baths had to be re-roofed in the 2nd century.

Cowboy contractors, obviously.; IMG_6232.JPG; ; ©ROY_GRUBB [3154]

Bath Abbey; The West Door; IMG_6207.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/201; 50; ©ROY_GRUBB [3147]

Weir in the Avon; IMG_6241.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/1043; 50; ©ROY_GRUBB [3145]

Pulteney Bridge; This bridge over the River Avon was completed in 1774 to a design by Robert Adam in a Palladian style. It has shops built across its full span on both sides, like the Rialto or the Ponte Vecchio.; IMG_6240 - Copy.JPG; iPhone 5; f/2.4; 1/985; 50; ©ROY_GRUBB [3156]

Irresistible fantasy castle in a toy shop window. ; Castle.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB [3146]