Terme Bagnoli

Interesting Roman archaeological site dating back to the III-IV century AD located in the Bagnoli district, near the port area of ​​Capo d'Orlando. The remains of this thermal complex were brought to light thanks to an excavation campaign carried out in 1987. According to what came to light, this area, consisting of 8 rooms, was annexed to a Roman Villa and suffered extensive damage caused by an earthquake occurred between the 4th and 5th centuries AD The rooms are divided into three areas: the Frigidarium, that is, the cold part of the complex, the Tepidarium (intermediate area) and the Calidarium, which was heated by means of a cavity under the floor connected to the adjacent Praefurnium room (furnace). All the rooms are decorated with splendid floor mosaics made using the tassellatum technique (stone and marble blocks) that reproduce geometric patterns. 987 in Bagnoli several excavation operations brought to light the first ruins of a thermal structure, belonging to an ancient Roman villa dating back to the III-IV century. A.D. The spas consisting of eight rooms were most probably damaged by two seismic events that hit Sicily between the 4th and 5th centuries AD. They consist of three rooms: frigidarium, tepidarium and the calidarium. The frigidarium, the place of the cold bath, consisted of three rooms. The tepidarium was the intermediate warm environment that constituted the passage from the frigidarium to the calidarium. The latter room consisted of two rooms and was used for hot or steam baths. The rooms were made warm thanks to the cavities created under the floors and along the walls inside which the hot air from the praefurnium, the furnace room, circulated. Of great artistic interest are the polychrome mosaics in tassellatum (stone and marble tiles) that decorate the entire flooring.