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Part of an archway in the Roman Baths. The lower half of the photo shows that the brickwork was made using hollow bricks, thus conserving materials and reducing weight. Throughout the tour of the baths there were video images projected onto walls. The PiP shows one of the most interesting ones.

Pulteney Bridge is a bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774. it is highly unusual in that it has shops built across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The bridge was designed by Robert Adam and named after William Jonestone and Frances Pulteney. They secured the funding from Parliament, so they named the bridge after themselves. Pulteney Weir (or just “the Weir” for short) was built in the late Middle Ages to prevent the river from flooding the town of Bath. It is a low barrier built across a river in order to control water level and regulate flow—was completely rebuilt in the early 1970s and given a more effective and now iconic V-shape design. A sluice and controlled flood gates were also added in the upgrade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulteney_Bridge

Projected art on a wall in the Roman Bath House.

Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 5km of the moon’s surface*. The Museum of the Moon was presented in Bath Abbey from 20 November – 24 December. 2021