The archaeological site of 'The Bath', contains important archaeological remains of Roman baths located in the town of Alhama de Murcia.
At the foot of Cerro del Castillo, was located this important finding, resulting from use in Roman times from a hot spring. Dating back to the first century C., but were used until the fourth century, and later be reused in the Islamic period.
Because of the importance of these archaeological remains basic to the study of hot springs along history, were declared National Historic-Artistic Monument in 1983.
The archaeological collection of Alhama is currently in the process of relocating to the archaeological site of 'The Bath'.
The importance of bathing in the Roman world is revealed in the documentary sources and the large number of spa facilities whose archaeological remains have survived. Undoubtedly one of the most representative is the one found in Alhama de Murcia, where, at the foot of Cerro del Castillo and exploiting the existence of a hot spring in the first century AD BC, the Romans built baths, which are used until the fourth century.
The relevance of this Center lies in the fact that not only are Roman Salas, also the reuse of the same in the Muslim-Christian period to the construction of the new spa in the eleventh century
So the recovery and value of the Baths of Alhama has made an important contribution to the study of hydrotherapy and its architecture in the different periods of history. In fact the Center maintains the most important archaeological sites in the municipality with a length of more than 2000 years.
