Traveling Through the Lens
 
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The Roman Baths in England are one of the most popular attractions around.  Even though we visited during the off season the Baths were still filled with tourists.  The museum is quite extensive and the audio guide is great as well!

These particular Roman Baths are referred to as Aquae Sulis and it was probably used sometime after 43AD.  The natural spring was originally a shrine of the Celtic Brythons.  Even though the shrine was to the Celtic goddess Sulis, the Romans identified her with their goddess and encouraged her worship.  Many latin tablets have been found with messages to Sulis (many of them curse tablets).  The urban life of the Western Roman Empire started to decline in the 4th century but some residents remained in the area.

The church that can be seen in the reflection is the Bath Abbey.  The abbey was founded in the 7th century, reorganized in the 10th and rebuit in both the 12th and 16th centuries.