Baths for the rich and famous, the high, mighty and just the Hoi Polloi. Then (and now).

Schiltach is a very visitable village along the once Roman Kinzigtalstrasse. This road was built around 73/74 AD from Offenburg through the Kinzig valley and Rottweil (Arae Flaviae), and on to Tuttlingen.

In the province of Charente-Maritimes (F) there was once the important harbour city of Novioregum. It was to be rediscovered by the arial photography of Mr Jacques Dassié, and then lay under the 'Moulin de Fâ'.

Nearby provincial Saintes is not only a nice provincial town, but can also boast of a triumphal arch and quite an arena !