Les Thermes Romains

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Thermes de Cluny (French Thermes de Cluny.) - the ruins of the Gallo-Roman baths, located in the heart of the Latin Quarter in Paris. Are part of the Museum Srednevekovya.Predpolozhitelno baths were built at the beginning of the III century. It is believed that the baths were built by an influential guild of boatmen of Lutetia, but this fact is called into question due to lack of dokazatelstv.Do has survived about a third of the ancient bath complex. In the most good condition preserved frigidarium with fine architectural details typical of the architecture of Roman Gaul, such as: arches, columns and brackets, fragments of wall paintings and mozaiki.Kak all Roman baths, baths of Cluny were public and free of charge. Since the terms are arranged along the Cardo Lutetia on the Left Bank and were not protected by fortifications, at the end of the III century, they were attacked by the barbarian tribes were razrusheny.