Thermes de Cluny

Thermes de Cluny, Paris
  • The Thermes de Cluny are extensive Ruins of Gallo-Roman Baths in Paris that now form part of the Musee de Cluny, a Museum of the French Middle Ages.
  • The Frigidarium and the Gymnasium are incorporated inside the museum, the Caldarium and Tepidarium remain as Ruins outside, in the grounds of the museum.

 

National Museum of the French Middle Ages and Roman Baths of Cluny.

  • The Entrance to the Baths is through the Museum of Middle Ages.
  • Housed inside the Frigidarium is the Pillar of the Boatmen, a 1st century CE monumental column built by the Paris guild of boatmen in honour of Jupiter.
  • It carries an inscription by the Nautae Parisiaci (Guild of Paris Boatmen) who dedicated the column to the Roman Emperor Augustus, the Roman God Jupiter and various Gallic Gods.

 

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