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Għajn Tuffieħa Roman Baths

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There is also a latrine and a corridor connecting small rooms which are usually interpreted to be changing or bedrooms. It is possible that these rooms acted as a dormitory for people visiting the baths as they cannot be connected with any residential remains of the same period.
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and rooms were built to shelter and protect the remains. The site has also benefited in recent years from the UNESCO funded Malta Mosaics Project, which mapped mosaics and pavements at Għajn Tuffieha and the
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has granted funds for the study and conservation of the site as part of the 2007 Rural Development Programme for Malta. These funds will help to create visitor facilities and open the site to the public.
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of coloured marbles and stones arranged in geometric designs. The corridors and latrine are, on the other hand, paved with ceramic lozenge-shaped tiles of a length of just fewer than ten centimeters.
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were discovered in 1929 during government works to cap a fresh water
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National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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in the area. This spring, or a similar one, might explain why the
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One of the many sites excavated under the supervision of Sir
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In 1961, the mosaics underwent restoration sponsored by
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Thermae
Heritage Malta
spring
baths
Għajn Tuffieħa
Mġarr

Themistocles Zammit
tepidarium
frigidarium
caldarium
mosaics

UNESCO
Domvs Romana
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
List of Roman public baths
National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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Roman remains in Malta
Melite
Domvs Romana
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Proserpina
Għajn Tuffieħa Roman Baths
Għar Għerduf catacombs
Ħal Resqun catacombs

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