What is the Sacred Spring?
Apulia: "Aquae Sulis (that’s Bath to you) has
three hot springs. The spring that has the most water coming out
from it is special to the goddess Sulis Minerva. She was worshipped
here even before us Romans arrived! People travel far to visit the
spring, pray to her and ask for her help."
"The Spring is in the middle of
the site you can visit. It’s here that water gushes up from the
ground as a natural hot spring. It’s 46° C so it’s hotter than the
water in your bath! The water is full of different minerals, even
more than the bottled spring water you can buy in supermarkets. The
orange colour around the Spring comes from the iron dissolved in
the water.
"In Medieval times the Spring was given the name 'King’s Spring'
after King Henry I and the name stuck."