Bath

The circus is an 18th century master-piece by Mr John Wood Senior and his son,  built to emulate the Roman amphitheatre. The Royal Crescent by John Wood Junior is a swung, parabolic  row of 30 houses. Both these architectural features communicate via Brook street. Bath, the very name says it all, the watering place to be and be seen in the 18th century. The hot mineral springs were first discovered by a certain Blalud around 800 BC. He was the King's son and he had been cast out to tend the swine and the dogs. During his rounds, he chanced upon the springs. His pigs, smitten with the same disease, splashed about in the water, and were cured. Blalud went and did likewise and was allowed to return to the Court. Monuments protect by UNESCO.