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Museum of the Public Baths of Caesaraugusta

Site museum preserving the remains of a Roman public bathhouse in the city, on Calle San Juan y San Pedro. Excavations began in 1982 and the City Council took over the conservation of the remains in 1986; it opened to the public in 1999. It is the smallest of the four museums on the Caesaraugusta Route and the second to open, after the Forum museum. You can see a large Roman pool and the public latrines from an earlier building phase, as well as explanatory panels and a model of the complex. A large display case shows marble slabs that decorated the Roman portico, and there are replicas of grooming, hygiene and personal adornment items used by the inhabitants of Caesaraugusta at the baths.

Things to do at Museum of the Public Baths of Caesaraugusta: 4 missions

• Peer into the great Roman poolFollow the walkway until you see the great pool of the baths and work out its dimensions from the panels.
• Find the public latrines from the early phaseLook for the remains of the public latrines, which belong to an earlier building phase of the baths.
• Look at the replicas of Roman grooming itemsLook for the replicas of hygiene and personal adornment items used in the baths of Caesaraugusta.
• Look at the marble slabs from the porticoTake a look at the large display case with the marble slabs that decorated the Roman portico.

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Source: Web oficial - Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Museo de las Termas