Amelie-les-Bains
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.
BIBLIOGRAPHYE. 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