The construction of this bath complex dates to the turn of the 4th century AD. From the entrance, one accesses the corridor serving the furnaces (A) and the one (B) leading to the bath environments, organized around a hallway (C): the heated rooms are to the north and the cold ones to the south, all equipped with pools. The same hallway provides access to another heated pool, circular in shape (D), while a room with an apse and a figured-mosaic floor is located in the eastern part of the building (E). The baths remained in use even after the construction of the city walls (F), erected towards the late 5th century AD, built against the complex’s northern face.
Aerial view of the western baths’ building
(M. Letizia)
Reliefs and drawings reconstructing the Lanterna Baths, done in the 19th century
(P.J. Garrez)
Mosaic in the access corridor (B), now covered
Historical plan of the Lanterna Baths
(L. Canina)
Mosaic in the room with apse (D) during the 2019 restoration works
Hallway in the baths