The Baia Archaeological Park Tour with a Japanese Speaking Guide from Naples | Naples | Italy

Following the seaside road going toward North Area of Napoli passing by the famous city of Pozzuoli (hometown of most famous italian actress, Sophia Loren) .Baia  was a mineral springs and coastal resort on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples in ancient Italy. It was fashionable for centuries during antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic;The bathhouses of Baiae were filled with warm mineral water directed to its pools from underground sulfur springs. Roman engineers were also able to construct a complex system of chambers that channeled underground heat into facilities that acted as saunas. In addition to their recreational function, the baths were used in Roman medicine to treat various illnesses and physicians would attend their patients at the springs.It was deserted and its ruins largely submerged by local volcanic activity by the time of the Renaissance;

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