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Bath / Royaume-Uni

Bath est une ville du comté de Somerset, au sud-ouest de l'Angleterre. Elle se situe à 180 km à l'ouest de Londres et à 25 km au sud-est de Bristol, et compte 83 992 habitants. La reine Élisabeth Ire lui a accordé le statut de cité par charte royale en 1590 et la ville fut faite county borough en 1889, ce qui lui donna l'indépendance administrative par rapport au comté du Somerset. Elle est rattachée au comté d'Avon, un district non-métropolitain, lorsqu'il est créé en 1974. Depuis 1996, l'année où le comté d'Avon a été supprimé, Bath est le centre principal de l'autorité unitaire de Bath et du nord-est du Somerset . En 50 ap. J.-C., les Romains fondèrent la ville pour en faire un lieu thermal qui s'appelait en latin Aquae Sulis . Cependant, la tradition orale semble suggérer que Bath était connue avant cette date. Ils construisirent des bains et un temple dans les collines aux alentours de la ville, dans la vallée de l'Avon autour de sources chaudes. Edgar d'Angleterre fut proclamé roi à l'abbaye de Bath en 973. Bien plus tard, la ville devient populaire en tant que station thermale pendant l'époque georgienne qui conduit à une importante expansion, laissant un important héritage architectural fabriqué avec la pierre de la région. La ville de Bath est inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 1987. Elle compte une diversité de théâtres, musées et autres lieux culturels et sportifs, ce qui a aidé à faire de la ville un haut lieu du tourisme, avec, par an, plus d'un million de visiteurs qui font de longs séjours, et plus de 3,8 millions qui ne restent que pour la journée. On trouve à Bath deux universités et plusieurs écoles et établissements secondaires. On y trouve aussi un important service tertiaire ; les industries de l'informatique et de la création se développent et fournissent du travail aux habitants de Bath et sa région.

Victoria Art Gallery

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Victoria Art Gallery is a public art museum in Bath, Somerset, England. It was opened in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. It is a Grade II* listed building and houses over 1500 objects of art including a collection of oil paintings from British artists dating from 1700 onwards. The ground floor was at one time a public library.

Holburne Museum

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Holburne Museum is located in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England. The city's first public art gallery, the Grade I listed building, is home to fine and decorative arts built around the collection of Sir William Holburne. Artists in the collection include Gainsborough, Guardi, Stubbs, Ramsay and Zoffany. The museum also provides a programme of temporary exhibitions, music performances, creative workshops, family events, talks and lectures. There is a bookshop and a café that opens out onto Sydney Gardens. The museum reopened in May 2011 after restoration and an extension designed by Eric Parry Architects, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Guildhall, Bath

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Guildhall is a municipal building in Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

Royal Crescent (Bath)

Bath / Royaume-Uni

Le Royal Crescent est un ensemble résidentiel situé à Bath en Angleterre, composé de trente maisons disposées en croissant autour d'une vaste esplanade gazonnée. Il a été conçu par l'architecte John Wood le Jeune et construit entre 1767 et 1774. Monument classé en grade I, c'est l'un des plus grands exemples d'architecture georgienne se trouvant au Royaume-Uni.

Grand Pump Room

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Grand Pump Room is a historic building in the Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somerset, England. It is adjacent to the Roman Baths and is named for water that is pumped into the room from the baths' hot springs. Visitors can drink the water or have other refreshments while there. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building since 1950. Along with the Lower Assembly Rooms, it formed a complex where social activity was centred, and where visitors to the city gathered.

Beckford's Tower

Bath / Royaume-Uni

Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. The tower and its attached railings are designated as a Grade I listed building. Along with the adjoining Lansdown Cemetery it is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.The tower was built for William Thomas Beckford, a rich novelist, art collector and critic, to designs by Henry Goodridge, and was completed in 1827. Beckford used it as a library and a retreat, with the cupola at the top acting as a belvedere providing views over the surrounding countryside. The Italianate building at the base of the tower housed drawing rooms and a library. Extensive grounds between Beckford's house in Lansdown Crescent and the tower were landscaped and planted to create Beckford's Ride. William Beckford’s ability to build, and to collect, was made possible by the wealth he inherited and continued to accumulate as an owner of plantations and enslaved people, and through the compensation he received from the government following the abolition of slavery. This aspect of his life is explored within the Beckford Tower Museum displays . Following Beckford's death in 1844, the tower and lands were donated to Walcot parish and a burial ground created, with the Scarlet Drawing Room being converted into a chapel. In 1931 the house and tower were damaged by a fire and a public appeal was made for funds for its restoration. The cemetery closed in 1992 and the next year the site was bought by the Bath Preservation Trust who have carried out extensive renovation. It is now home to a museum displaying furniture originally made for the tower and paintings, prints and objects illustrating Beckford’s life as a writer, collector and patron of the arts.

Royal United Hospital

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Royal United Hospital is a major acute-care hospital, located in the Weston suburb of Bath, England, which lies approximately 1.5 miles west of the city centre. The hospital has 565 beds and occupies a 52 acres site. It is the area's major accident and emergency hospital, with a helicopter landing point on the adjacent Lansdown Cricket Club field. The hospital is operated by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

American Museum and Gardens

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The American Museum and Gardens is based at Claverton Manor, near Bath, England. The manor house, believed to be the third manor house constructed at Claverton, was designed for John Vivian, a barrister who had purchased the manor in 1816, by Jeffry Wyatville in 1820 and built on the site of a manor previously bought by Ralph Allen in 1758. Wyatville's construction replaced an earlier manor house built for Sir Edward Hungerford in c.1588, the design of which has been attributed to John of Padua. The first manor house at Claverton was built by Ralph of Shrewsbury around 1340. The current manor house, built in 1820, is now a Grade I listed building.

Theatre Royal, Bath

Bath / Royaume-Uni

The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805. A Grade II* listed building, it has been described by the Theatres Trust as "One of the most important surviving examples of Georgian theatre architecture". It has a capacity for an audience of around 900. The Theatre Royal was built to replace the Old Orchard Street Theatre, funded by a Tontine and elaborately decorated. The architect was George Dance the Younger, with John Palmer carrying out much of the work. It opened with a performance of Shakespeare's Richard III and hosted performances by many leading actors of the time including Dorothea Jordan, William Macready and Edmund Kean. A major fire in 1862 destroyed the interior of the building and was quickly followed by a rebuilding programme by Charles J. Phipps, which included the construction of the current entrance. Further redecoration was undertaken in 1892; more extensive building work, including a new staircase and the installation of electric lighting, followed in 1902. Despite performances by casts including Sarah Bernhardt, the ballerina Anna Pavlova and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the theatre was rarely very profitable. During World War II Donald Wolfit, Irene Vanbrugh, John Gielgud and Sybil Thorndike appeared, with shows including Noël Coward's Private Lives and Blyth Spirit, a performance by Ballet Rambert and light entertainment such as Charley's Aunt, but audiences declined. In 1979 the theatre was bought by a trust and, following public donations, it underwent refurbishment, with the rebuilding of the stage and the installation of a new taller fly tower for scenery and lighting. In 1997 a new 150-seat theatre, known as the Ustinov Studio, was opened. Further restoration work to the main auditorium was needed in 2010. In 2005 a children's theatre known as The Egg was opened. The complex also includes bars and restaurants.