# Are Any Roman Baths Still In Use?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-roman-baths-still-in-use/192551 "2003-08-02T15:23:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-roman-baths-still-in-use/192551/1 "2003-08-02T15:23:39Z")

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The OP is missing, but the question’s still comprehensible. Yes, at least one - the [Roman baths](http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/) in Bath, England. I might be a bit hazy on the details, but as I recall, in modern times they were in constant use from around the 18th century, when spa bathing became fashionable. They were closed down in the 1980s due to the presence of a dangerous amoeba. This has now been removed, and they reopened recently for public use.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-roman-baths-still-in-use/192551/2 "2003-08-02T19:23:56Z")

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I believe that there are some bathing houses in Turkey that date from the Roman era.

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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-roman-baths-still-in-use/192551/3 "2003-08-02T21:13:37Z")

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If I am reading this page correctly [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/budapest/0047023857.html](http://www.frommers.com/destinations/budapest/0047023857.html) The baths in Budapest date back to Roman times.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-roman-baths-still-in-use/192551/4 "2003-08-03T20:21:53Z")

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I think Wiesbaden, Germany has original Roman baths.