Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) as a health resort / by Alexander [and others].
- Alexander, Louis.
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) as a health resort / by Alexander [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![ings as several other places in the Rhine Province, yet many interesting evidences of the former Roman occupation have been frequently found, as well as several Roman bricks with the stamp of the Sixth Legion which establishes the fact that it was stationed in this district between the years 70 and 160 D. But apart from these remains there is also the clearest proof of an important Roman settlement to be found in the Roman baths discovered in the twentieth year of the present century and again in the year 1877. About the end of 1870 when the bath of the “Konigin von Ungarn” was being rebuilt and widened during the course of the excavations a complete Roman bath was found, of which part had to be covered in again, but a considerable portion still lies open in the underground passages of ithe present bath. — In] 1822 on the occasion of the laying of the conduit to the Elisenbrunnen Roman masonry had been met cwith in the Edelstrasse and careful excavations were made in 1877. The results were described by Dr. B. Lersch of this city in his work “Die Ruinen des Romerbades zu Aachen. 1878”. Several piscinae were also found as well as the Hypocaustum1, the limits of which, here as in other places, shown by round and quadrangular pilasters, are still pretty well preserved. In the piscinae several brick built steps can be recognised as well as the flues for heating. On the occasion referred to a considerable number of Roman ornaments, gems, &c., were found in a choked up flue which still runs in the direction of the existing “New bath”. Moreover, in the last cent- ury the remains of Roman baths were brought to light, especially under the Hungarian Chapel and in another place near the Cathe- dral (Restaurant zur Maus) and it is evident from these discoveries that the Romans possessed an important fortress here and that in their usual manner they had enriched it in every possible way. I his fortress occupied almost the same site as the subsequent 1 I he piscina called also, Natatio, baptlsterium, puteus, &c. was a large swimming bath usually of cold water. The hypocaustum was an arrangement of flues under the floor of the assa or hot room in which a form of Turkish Bath was taken. Trs.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24906475_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
