Baths of Diocletian
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The Baths of Diocletian were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths. The project was originally commissi
Baths of Diocletian, with the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri built in the remains of the baths.
Cross-section of the Baths of Diocletian, rendering by French architect Edmond Paulin, 1880
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built in the ruined frigidarium and tepidarium of the baths
Funerary stele of a cook. Latin inscription: “Eros, cocus Posidippi, ser(vus) hic situs est” (“Eros, Posidippus' cook, slave, lies here”).
The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and of the Martyrs is a Catholic titular minor basilica and former Carthusian conventual church in Rome constructed in the ruined frigidarium and tepidarium of t
Baths of Diocletian
…father of Constantine. The baths were open until c. 537, when the Ostrogoths cut off aqueducts to the city of Rome. The site houses the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built within the ruins in the 16th century, the Church of San Bernardo alle Terme, and part of the National Roman Museum. The baths occupy the high…
The church facade is an apse in the wall of the caldarium of the Baths of Diocletian.
The transept, with Roman columns, vaults and thermal bath windows
Vault ceiling
Entrance to the basilica