Admiral's Baths

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Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

PRESENTATION

 Other nearby points of interest are St. John's Church of the Hospital, the Parish of Santo Tomás Apóstol and San Felipe Neri and the Almoina Archaeological Center.

 

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MEETING
RELEASE
CANCELATION
CLOSING SALES
LANGUAGE

Highights

 

When studying this monument we must take into account the restoration process that underwent at the end of the 19th century and which gave him the neomudéjar air that it currently has. Nowadays, access to the building is through a new door composed of a horseshoe arch that gives way to a beautiful hallway with ceilings with wooden beams, once there, the Bathrooms are divided into three traditional zones: the cold room, the warm room and the hot room. This entire structure was carried out with thick walls to resist humidity and high temperatures and were decorated withbeautiful starry skylights closed with stained glass windows.

At first you entered the cold room. where the latrines and a sink were installed and then moved on to the warm room, the most inviting and largest of all of them, where the most time was spent. Finally, the public entered the hot room where the water acquired its high temperature thanks to the system of hypocausts built in the basement and spent a few minutes there before returning to the room. warm and continue enjoying the conversations and massages.

 

Short description

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Long description

 Los Bañ The Almirante Arabs refer to a Mudejar building built between the years 1313 and 1320 by the architect Pere de Vilarasa next to the Palace of the Admirals of Aragon, from which it takes your name. This construction was built It was built in Christian times following the prototype of the Muslim baths that had been so present in the city. Today, the monument is of great interest for being the only one of this type that has remained active from its foundation until the 20th century. In 1944 they were declared a Historical-Artistic Monument and in 1993 an Asset of Cultural Interest.

 

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