The Baños del Ángel or Baños de Zeid are an
Islamic baths located in the city of
Toledo, in
Castile-La Mancha,
Spain
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. These are undoubtedly one of the best preserved among the eight that still maintain recognizable structures within the Historic Quarter of Toledo.
The restored room corresponds to the warm and, unlike other bathrooms, maintains the
hypocaust
A hypocaust ( la, hypocaustum) is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes. This air can warm th ...
until today better preserved of the Muslim civil architecture in Toledo. The enhancement of this bath allows, without doubt, allow to expand the knowledge about this type of constructions of Muslim origin that are essential to understand the urban structure, social organization and habits of life in Toledo between the 10th and 13th centuries.
See also
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Wells of Toledo
References
External links
Info about Baños del Ángel in turismocastillalamancha.esBaños del Ángel in toledoguiaturisticaycultural.com
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Buildings and structures in Toledo, Spain
Public baths in Spain
Moorish architecture in Spain