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City Route
The town grew beyond its walls as corsair attacks diminished from 1670. The Plaza del Olmo became the new town centre. From 1862, the Calle de Colón, the new Valencia road, became the main road. The market, the Theatre Auditorium, the Villa of Centella, the Roman Baths, the Chocolate museums and the…
Public baths of the Roman municipium of Allon (panel no. 39)
These public baths were built between 85 and 110 AD next to the forum of the Roman city of Allon (what is now Plaza de la Generalitat), after the granting of the status of municipium by Emperor Vespasian circa 74 AD. Allon was one of nine Roman cities of the Valencian Community, and its territory was the region of Marina Baja. In 2019, the Master Plan for restoration and enhancement of the Baths was approved, which will run from 2020.
1- Service Areas
2- Drainage channel
3- Praefurnium (kiln)
4- Caldarium (hot room, with two bathtubs or alvei)
5- Tepidarium (warm room)
6- Unctorium (massage room)
7- Frigidarium (cold room)
8- Natatio (swimming pool)
K- kardo maximus (main street of the city, north-south)
H- Hypocaustum (underfloor heating system)
T- Tabernae (shops)
- Monument