The town of Bath was originally the site of a hot spring gushing from the ground were locals would gather to take advantage of the warm waters. Long believed to have healing powers, the Romans transformed the sacred Celtic site into a complex array of buildings where the well off citizens of the area could take a bath in a Roman bath  house.

The Romans adopted the local Druid cult of Sul as a match for their god Minerva and the hot springs became known as Aquae Sulis. The ruins of the Roman period are evident everywhere in the city with much of the empire's settlement just below the paved streets. During medieval times Bath was the centre of trade and commerce in the area and prospered.

The great Cathedral, completed in 1499,  was built as Bath also took on the mantle of a religious centre for the area. Bishop King, the regional religious, prelate, was inspired to have the front of the cathedral built in such a manner as to depict angles climbing a ladder to heaver.

By the 1720's the Georgian period had begun in England and Bath became a favorite retreat for the Royalty and aristocrats of the country. They would travel from London and their country estates to take in society at the

nations second social centre and the glory and vision that was to become known as the Georgian age was epitomized by the presentation of Bath during the social season. The architecture of the city became one of it's most appealing attraction as master designs such as John Wood and his son John the younger recreated the city in the early 1700's . The Circus was designed, based upon the local site of Stonehenge and was thus one of the first circular streets laid out and built in Europe.

The most popular architectural attraction in the city is the Royal Crescent which was built between 1767 and 1774. The hot springs produces over a million liters of water a day at a temperature of about 46 degrees Celsius.