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2. Rudas Baths - Wikipedia

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   As Sokollu Mustafa Pasha was the nephew of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Rudas baths echoes the design and dimensions of similar monumental Ottoman constructions in Istanbul. [ 3 ] The baths were used as a location for the opening scene of the 1988 action movie Red Heat , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi .

3. Balneotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Balneotherapy (Latin: balneum "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. [1] Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. [2]

4. Greek baths - Wikipedia

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   The baths in this region are clearly Greek, as they were brought over by new Greek inhabitants. Most baths follow the design of the hip baths in the tholos, but the first one discovered in Sicily resembled the bath at Olympia, where the hip baths were in a rectangular shaped room. The Sicilian Greek baths were innovative in their own ways ...

5. Baden thermal baths - Wikipedia

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   Overview map of the spa district with location of the springs (2017) The bathing quarter, as the area around the thermal springs is known, lies on both sides of the Limmat at an altitude of around 360 meters above sea level, with the town of Baden on the left bank and the municipality of Ennetbaden on the right (Ennetbaden belonged to Baden until 1819).

6. Gellért Baths - Wikipedia

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   The Gellért Baths were originally separated for ladies and men. Starting in January 2013, all pools are mixed gendered, although it still has two different sections. Gellért Baths also offer a range of medical services. Towels and swimsuits may be bought in the Spa (renting is no longer allowed following measures against the COVID-19 pandemic ...

7. Spa architecture - Wikipedia

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   The prototype for the spa at Brückenau was the maison de plaisance of Château de Marly, which was built from 1679 to 1687 by Louis XIV. The most important spa towns of the 18th century are not the relatively small princely baths, but Bath in England and Aachen in Germany. Both towns played a decisive part in the development of spa ...