Baths of the Wall

The caldarium of the thermal baths with the hot water bath (alveus) in the background and the cold water basin on the left (labrum)

 


Video: Jorge Molina Lamothe/MARQ

 

The ingenious system of hypocaustum allowed heat to be brought to the caldarium and the tepidarium

 


Image: MARQ

 

 

 

An air chamber insulated the rear wall of the hot water bath (alveus), to prevent heat loss, constructed with ceramic dowels nailed to the brick wall.

 

 
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