Frigidarium

Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, the former frigidarium of the Diocletian baths . Granite columns and groin vaults are still original, the thermal bath windows have been partially reconstructed.

The frigidarium (from Latin frigidus "cold") was part of the classical Roman thermal baths , in addition to the tepidarium , the caldarium and the laconium or sudatorium , namely the cooling room. The frigidarium could also be equipped with a cold water basin and was used for revitalization after a long stay in warm rooms.

In modern sauna landscapes, there are usually showers with different, revitalizing spray types, such as massage jets , warm tropical rain , cold spray mist , cold shower showers and other types of shower. The frigidarium is used to stimulate the circulation through temperature changes.

literature

• August Mau : Frigidarium . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 103 f.
• Erika Brödner: The Roman thermal baths and the ancient baths. A cultural-historical consideration. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1983, ISBN 3-534-08783-6
• Renato Perucchio, Philip Brune: The Evolution of Structural Design of Monumental Vaulting in Opus Caementicium in Imperial Rome (PDF). In: Karl-Eugen Kurrer , Werner Lorenz , Volker Wetzk (eds.): Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History . Neunplus, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-936033-31-1 , pp. 1163-1170