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This was the largest city we visited in the students' exchange last year.
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The City of Bath, England.
A World Heritage City
One of the greatest examples of Georgian architecture.
The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses laid out in a crescent (media luna). Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774
There are 114 columns in total
Royal Crescent (La Media Luna Real) (Bath, England) viewed from a hot air balloon
Aerial View of Bath. There is a contrast between the architectural style of the public front and the private rear of this crescent.
Ha-ha in front of the Royal Crescent
• when it was first built it was deeper than it is at present.
During World War II bomb damage occurred,
Bath abbey and roman baths
The Circus consists of three long, curved terraces designed by John Wood to form a circular space or theatre intended for civic
functions and games. It was inspired by the Colosseum in Rome
PULTENEY BRIDGE
• Pulteney Bridge, neoclassical style. A three-arched bridge
The Holburne Museum of Art was built in 1795.
Prior Park
The view over Prior Park Landscape Garden towards the city, including the Palladian bridge,
which was built around 1743
Thermae Bath Spa
Located in Bath Street, close to the Roman Baths and the Abbey
• Bath is a city in the county of Somerset in the south west of England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol.
• The population of the city is 83,992.• It was granted city status by Queen
Elizabeth I in 1590. • The city became part of Avon when that
county was created in 1974. • Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath
has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset
• The houses have been home to various notable people for over 200 years.
