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Stepping outside and passing
under a wisteria pergola past the tomato garden, we come to a
cool, 12x40-foot Roman Pool surrounded by columns, statues
and bas-relief fragments. In an unusual way, the pool landscaping
is achieved by means of recycling large chunks of cement rubble
collected from local excavating contractors. These 'instant ruins'
give the pool the most evocative ancient reflections. Ruins continue
along to an adjacent Roman Thermes where Venus and Hercules
spout thermal water from two fountains into large tubs. The water
temperature is 95 degrees, directly from 250-feet below ground.
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