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Bath

Also known as Aquae Sulis, Bath, Somerset

Bath is a city in Somerset, south-west England, built around natural hot springs. As Roman Aquae Sulis it had a great bathing complex and a temple of Sulis Minerva. An abbey was founded there in the 7th century, Edgar was crowned there in 973, and its Georgian terraces made it a fashionable spa. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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