AMELIE-LES-BAINS
Canton of Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.
Gallo-Roman bath complex in the locality formerly known as Arles in the middle valley of the Tech or Vallespir. Among the architectural remains visible in the modern establishment is a
vast barrel-vaulted room containing a swimming pool.
Its side walls contain semicircular and square niches.
Other remains include a small swimming pool surrounded by small chambers (some with the original
vaulting), various antique sub-structures, wells, and
drains. In 1845 a votive deposit was found at the mouth
of the thermal spring. It contained coins and lead plaques
bearing the names of local water divinities.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
E. Espérandieu,
Répertoire archéologique des Pyrénées-Orientales (1936) 13-19; P. Ponsich,
Etudes Roussillonnaises 2 (1952) 215-25, 227-32; 4
(1954-55) 83-99.
G. BARRUOL
