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Ancient baths in Turkey Sarikaya |
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Today's Sarikaya was known in Roman times under the name Aqua Sarvenae. The ancient city enjoyed an outstanding reputation as an important spa centre. The Roman city was destroyed by an earthquake, only the ruins of the baths remained.
Some legends entwine around the Roman bath called Königsbad.
E.g. the legend of the king's daughter: It did not take long until a positive effect was shown and the disease continued to improve daily. Gradually her condition improved so that she could walk again after some time and practice. In the end, the beautiful girl here was completely healed from the hot water. The girl's grateful father had an imposing bathhouse built around the spring and surrounded the hot spring with a large marble basin. Around this bathhouse a new town was gradually built, named after the king's daughter. Another legend says that the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, called Caracalla, had the bath built at the beginning of the 2nd century AD. |
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Photos: @chim | |||
Translation aid: www.DeepL.com/Translator | |||
Source: diverse Turkish sources | |||
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