Las Bóvedas (thermae)
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Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in
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, Southern
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. They are located close to the Paleo-Christian Basilica, Vega del Mar. Historians are still unsure of the baths' true origins, though most believe that they are all that remain of the
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settlement known as Cilniana (or Silniana) destroyed by an
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in 365 AD.


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