Located in the area of ââ¬â¹Ã¢â¬â¹the old Jewish quarter, and built between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, despite their extraordinary architectural interest were abandoned Christian morality did not allow certain practices, and the flooding of the GuadalevÃÂn River ended up burying them. When the Duchess de Parcent commissioned the construction of gardens in this area, their first remains appeared, although they were ignored until in 1935 the site was acquired by the State.
The excavations carried out so far have allowed to rescue the three bathing rooms cold, warm and hot and the roofs with barrel vaults pierced by skylights in the shape of a star, which are connected by arches. Some of the boilers and water conduction systems are conserved.
They have the singularity of keeping its structure complete, with the different rooms and facilities that organized it, being, therefore, one of the best preserved of the Iberian Peninsula.
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