A model of how the thermal bath in rue des Farges must have looked like in Roman times. Two thousand years ago, the slopes of the Fourvière Hill were the centre of the city of Lugdunum. Ten minutes from the Gallo-Roman Museum on foot and just a few hundred metres south of the theatre, you can visit the remains discovered on rue des Farges during the construction of a building there during the seventies. A street led directly from the theatres to public and private buildings arranged on terraces. We can imagine a large public building with thermal baths, 50 metres long. The visible part, almost totally razed, corresponds to one end of the warm rooms and the palaestra, the courtyard which was used for exercising before a bath. Thermal baths were essential elements of the city in Roman times: they were for bathing, of course, but also, as in today's gym clubs, for exercising, relaxing and meeting with friends. Above, several houses, shops and warehouses were found on the two superimposed terraces. (Source: Musée Gallo-Romain de Fourvière) © Selene Verri, Phaeluna #archaeology #romans #gauls #lugdunum #lyon #LyonFromAbove #villedelyon #lyoncity #monlyon #mylyon #grandlyon #ilovelyon #igerslyon #instalyon #bloginlyon #auvergnerhonealpes #rhonealpes #rhonetourisme #france #igersfrance
