Bliesbruck Baths

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The thermal baths of Bliesbruck, discovered in the commune of the same name in the French department of Moselle, in the Grand Est region, are a Roman thermal complex that operated from the late 1st to the middle of the 3rd century. The complex is the subject of work after about a century, designed to enlarge the spaces and adapt them to new uses, and new modifications take place in the third century, during which the vicus suffers severe depredations. After reuse during late antiquity, the building is stripped of its most precious materials, but it is used very partially towards the end of the Middle Ages or the beginning of the Renaissance by the installation of a strong house on its site.

The ruins disappear in the following centuries. Archaeological excavations at the Bliesbruck site began scientifically in the 1970s, and the Moselle department acquired part of the site in 1982 to carry out major planned excavations. The elements of the thermal baths were released between 1987 and 1993 and are now integrated into the European Archaeological Park of Bliesbruck-Reinheim in a museum pavilion...