Aquae Calidae, Bulgaria

Aquae Calidae, Bulgaria
Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Aquae Calidae was an ancient Thracian thermal spa near modern Burgas, Bulgaria, with hot springs used since the Neolithic (6th-5th millennium BC). Roman baths were first built after Lucullus conquered the region in 72 BC, later expanded under Trajan. Notable visitors included Philip II of Macedon, emperors Justinian I and Constantine IV, and Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Today it is an open archaeological complex with restored Roman and Ottoman-era baths.

TypeBath
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryBulgaria
Coordinates42.6111° N, 27.3932° E

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