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Nice-Cimiez: The Magistrate's Bath frigidarium
Frigidarium of Magistrate's bath at Nice-Cimiez (photo: Athena Review).
Construction
of the Roman Bath complex at Nice-Cimiez began during the Severan
period (AD 193-217), when the North or Magistrate's Bath was completed.
This was later expanded to include separate bathing areas for men and
women along the east and west sides, making the Nice-Cimiez baths the
largest in Gaul.
This view shows the high vaulted chambers of
the frigidarium or cold room in the Magistrate's Bath, made with
typical Roman construction methods of layers of masonry alternating
with bonding tiles. The bath complex was excavated between the 1930s
and 70s, and contains the Musée archéologique de Nice-Cimiez.
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