Thursday, May 5, 2011

BATH

   Bath is not in Wales, but we stopped there on our way back...



Bath Cathedral
The Royal Crescent












                               
                                Bath is a city of Somerset in the South West of England.
                                The population of the city is 84 million inhabitants.
                                The Romans built baths for Sulis in AD 43.
                                The city has many theatres, museums.




Roman Baths                                                             
The Roman baths were created in AD 43.
It’s a historical and touristic site.
There are the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple and the Roman Bath House.
This place was built by the Celt for their Goddess: Sulis.
The Romans took this place and created the Roman Baths.







                                                      Architecture of Bath



The dominant style of architecture in central Bath is Georgian; this evolved from the Palladian  style which became popular in the 18th century. The Camden Crescent was built by John Eveleigh in 1788. The Crescent and the adjective Royal was adopted at the end of the 18th century after the Prince Frederick, Duke of York  lived at numbers 1 and 16. The Crescent’s dimensions are 2,197m by 1,542m.

       
            Films in Bath:                                                                                                                      

 Many films and television series have been filmed in Bath, for example :

Thackeray's Vanity Fair (2004)
The Duchess (2008)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)


                                                                 Answer the questions:

                                                        When were the Roman Baths created?  
                      
                                1. AD 43             2.1043                3.BC 43

                       
                                                         How many people live in Bath?

                                1. 49 million       2. 84 million        3. 112 million





Written by Alexis

1 comment:

  1. 1)the Roman Baths were created in AD 43




    2)84 million peoples live in Bath

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