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Bath is a city in the county of Somerset / England, about 97 miles west of London.

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Bath

Bath is a top visitor attraction for its Georgian buildings from the late 1700s, an Abbey from the 1500s, and remains of Roman Baths from around 60 AD.

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Bath was founded by the Romans around 60 AD, when they began building around the hot springs in the area. The Roman's pulled out of England around 410, as their Empire began crumbling. The main Roman Baths can still be visited, they are now situated below a large building from the 1800s.

The Saxons took control of the city around 577, by when, few of the large Roman stone buildings were still complete.

In the early 1500s, Bath Abbey was built, along with a number of other substancial stone buildings.

The late 1700s saw the city of Bath transformed with the construction of many large Georgian buildings, leading to it being referred to as one of the top architectural cities in the UK.

The city today attracts vast numbers of visitors with a wide range of museums, tours, accommodation, restaurants and the novelist Jane Austen.

More history of Bath at: Wiki-Bath