Terme di CaracallaMusic Among the Ruins
52 Viale Terme di Caracalla
Rome, Rome
00153
Neighborhood: Trastevere - Testaccio - Aventino - Gianicolo
Nearest Train: Circo MassimoPhone: +39 06 575 8626
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Audio Guide These baths were built in the 3rd Century BC by the Emperor Caracalla, and they operated for about two hundred years, before the barbarian invasions and the subsequent interruption in the water supply. The area was abandoned for a certain time, and then in 1400 the first excavations began, uncovering works that can be found in Palazzo Farnese and the Vatican Museums. As well as the ruins of the baths, there are the remains of a temple dedicated to the god Mithra, conserving the benches used for the mystic meals taken by the followers, the floor in white mosaic with black strips, and the hollow where the blood pouring down from the sacrifices collected. In August, the baths provide the backdrop for opera performances.Advt.: Summer Cruise Sale at VacationsToGo.com – Save Up To 75% Now!




as the earlier review states, an under visited place as it takes a bit more of an effort across a bu...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from england/italy on Oct 03 2007





Most people visiting Rome, do the "Ceasar Shuffle" as Rick Steves's puts it, first to the Colose...
Reviewed by:lagunaeddie from Sacramento, Ca on Nov 26 2006