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Northern Palace at Masada

The northern side of Masada contained Herod's private three-tiered palace/villa, that was built directly on the edge of a cliff. It commanded a magnificent view of the surroundings as far as Ein Gedi.

 

 

 

Northern Palace at Masada

The palace bathhouse had four rooms: a hot room (caldanium), cold room (frigidarium) and its small cold water pool, a larger tepid room (tepidarium) and the entrance (apotyterium) which included dressing rooms.