Baths at Ostia, Ostia

Name: Baths at Ostia
Address: Ostia, Italy

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Archaeological site, Ancient Roman architecture

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The Forum Baths at Ostia, otherwise known as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, are named after Marcus Gavius Maximus, who was the praetorian prefect for 20 years. The baths were intended for public use in Ostia Antica. and like many other thermae, created as a gift to the public and were therefore free. ()

Coordinates: 41°45'14"N, 12°17'22"E

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Nearby attractions include: Ostia Antica, Santa Aurea, Ostia Antica, Ostia Synagogue.

~370 ftW
Remains of an ancient Roman city
Ostia Antica, Rome
2 min walk • Ostia Antica is an evocative archaeological site located near the city of Rome, Italy. Once a bustling commercial port, it served as the gateway to the ancient Roman Empire, connecting trade routes across the Mediterranean.
0.7 miNE
Church
Santa Aurea, Rome
19 min walk • The Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD. The present-day church, completed in 1483, it was the seat of the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia until 1966, when Ostia became part of the diocese of Rome.
0.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Ostia Antica, Rome
18 min walk • Ostia Antica is the 35th zona of Rome, Italy, four kilometers away from the coast. It is identified by the initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X.
~1870 ftS
Synagogue
Ostia Synagogue, Rome
10 min walk • The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the oldest synagogue in Europe and the oldest mainstream Jewish synagogue yet uncovered outside Israel.
0.7 miE
City
Gabii, Rome
19 min walk • Gabii was an ancient city of Latium, located 18 km due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina.
~980 ftNE
Ruins
Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Rome
5 min walk • The Forum of Corporations, or the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, was the principal center of commerce and trade for the Roman Empire mainly during the Age of Augustus.
~870 ftNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre, Rome
5 min walk • The Roman theater at Ostia was built in the Augustan age and remodeled in the late second century. In the numbering given to Ostian buildings by postwar excavators it corresponds to II,VII,2.
0.7 miNE
41°45'33"N • 12°18'4"E
Castello di Giulio II, Rome
19 min walk • Forts and castles
~770 ftNW
Museum, Museum district
Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome
4 min walk • The Museo Archeologico Ostiense is an archaeological museum dedicated to the ancient Roman city of Ostia in Rome, Italy. The museum was built by Pope Pius IX, who in 1865 had to readapt a fifteenth-century building used as a store to create a city museum.
0.6 miW
41°45'9"N • 12°16'40"E
Tor Boacciana, Rome
16 min walk • Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Memorial
~420 ftW
Ruins
Capitolium, Rome
3 min walk • The Capitolium is a Roman temple located in the archaeological area of Ostia, Rome. The building is clearly visible, as it stands above all other ruins, and is positioned at the area formerly occupied by the forum, at the intersection of the cardo...

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Nearby attractions include Ostia Antica, Rome (2 min walk), Capitolium, Rome (3 min walk), Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome (4 min walk), Theatre, Rome (5 min walk).