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BALNEUM AT BREXIZA Final
BALNEUM AT BREXIZA Final
Sofia Peppa
THE SANCTUARY
LOCATION & OF EGYPTIAN GODS
HISTORY
• Little Marsch (Mikro
Elos) Of Brexiza
• Located in the NE of
Attica in Marathon.
• Built in 160 BEC by
Herodes Atticus
BALNEUM
GEOLOGICAL DATA
Limestone-marble karst area.
• 18 rooms.
• 3 distinct sections.
• Symmetry of bath facilities
around oval Core Room I.
MATERIALS &
CONSTRUCTION
• Heating system with hypocausts.
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MATERIALS &
CONSTRUCTION
• Heating system with hypocausts.
• Opus mixtum walls.
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MATERIALS &
CONSTRUCTION
• Heating system with hypocausts.
• Opus mixtum walls.
• Hollow walls in heated rooms to
preserve temperature and avoid
moisture with special ceramic tiles
(tegulae mammatae).
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MATERIALS &
CONSTRUCTION
• Heating system with hypocausts.
• Opus mixtum walls.
• Hollow walls in heated rooms to
preserve temperature and avoid
moisture with special ceramic tiles
(tegulae mammatae).
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• Continuous
submergence in swamp
waters of the
hypocausts
• Praefurnia a and b
flooded.
P R E S E RVAT I O N S TAT U S
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THERMAL STRESS
SOIL EROSION
FIRE RISK
ACCELERATED DETERIORATION
SEA LEVEL RISE
MIN RISE 0,32m RCP 2.6
COAST EROSION
SALT DAMAGE
BALNEUM AT BREXIZA
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