Bath is one of Britain's most beautiful cities, renowned for its Roman heritage, Georgian crescents, and wealth of architecture. There has been a settlement in Bath since our ancestors discovered its hot springs. Its Roman Bath is the best preserved Roman religious spa from the ancient world. This World Heritage city is also well known for its Georgian architecture based on Vitruvian principles of geometry. John Wood the Younger created one of the world's most famous streets - the Royal Crescent with its sweeping semi-circle and grassy gardens opposite. The houses were built between 1767 and 1774 and designed to the individual requirements of wealthy patrons. Its grand interiors attracted aristocratic visitors for the society 'season' which attracted 33,000 visitors per annum at its peak. His son John Wood the Elder designed another of Bath's famous streets, The Circus, the first residential circular street. This Palladian style street incorporates several eclectic features within its design including Pagan influences, evident in its three entrances which make a triangle shape within a circle.
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