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Why was such a colossal bath tub built for Tsar Alexander I?

Wu Mingren
Ancient Origins
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 19:05 UTC

Babolovo (known also as Babolovka) Palace is a historical building located near the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. This palace was built in towards the end of the 18 th century, during the reign of Catherine II of Russia (also commonly known as Catherine the Great). One of the most curious objects to be found in this palace is a giant bath made of granite, known as the 'Tsar Bath', which was added to the building some decades after its construction. Today, the palace, which is part of the Babolovo Park, is in ruins. Nevertheless, there have been plans to preserve the palace from further destruction, as well as to develop the park surrounding it.

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Babolovo Palace is located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (meaning 'Tsar's Village'), which is about 24 km to the south of St. Petersburg. The palace is situated close to the Catherine Palace and the Alexander Palace, both of which are renowned imperial residences from the time of the Russian Empire. In 1780, the grounds adjoining that of the Catherine Palace were presented by Catherine the Great to Grigory Potemkin, a Russian nobleman who was also the empress' favourite at that time.

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Winternights3 · 2021-11-06T02:27:50Z

It's interesting when you consider that this volume of water has to be kept clean, easy today with user friendly chemicals but back then?

So was it used for bathing or something else?

Animanarchy · 2021-11-06T02:43:34Z

Seems more like a swimming pool.

Winternights3 · 2021-11-06T02:49:14Z

Animanarchy Yup, but liken to a Hot tub, it comes with responsibility and that would have been difficult in those days.

slbeaudry · 2021-11-06T17:46:34Z

Winternights3 the eighteenth-century wasn't really all that long ago and pools have been around for millennia. Just sayin

Winternights3 · 2021-11-06T17:54:05Z

slbeaudry Yup,I'll run with that.

Mine though goes up to 40 degrees and gives a wonderful display 👏of bubbles. It has provision for drinks🍾🍷🍸🍺 and snacks 🌮🍟🍔 and is ready a short notice 😋.

Admittedly I don't have servants to attend to my every need but hey-ho,I can't have it all

slbeaudry · 2021-11-06T17:57:37Z

Winternights3 lol. Still sounds pretty great :-)

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-07T22:10:53Z

Winternights3 In Florida a hot tub that only goes up to 40 wouldn't get many takers.

RC

Winternights3 · 2021-11-07T22:20:43Z

Rowan Cocoan In sunny old Yorkshire, UK (NOT) that's a luxury I tell you.

When sat in tub, it's liken to scene out of gorillas in the mist. Even in early autumn the air temperature can be in single figures so the tub is a welcome retreat.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-07T23:21:53Z

Winternights3 Most of my hot tubbing has been at Ski Resorts from Colorado to California. Lots of good fun. One time we were in this heated pool at Vail covered with plastic balls to hold the heat in. We all said we were going to swim over to the edge, get out and roll down a snowbank. (It was about 0F and snowing beautifully.) When we got there, folks got out and instantly back in.

I rolled down the snowbank.

RC

Winternights3 · 2021-11-08T02:22:32Z

Rowan Cocoan Never been skiing, too old and frankly body's too knackered for that now, that's why a relaxing dip towards the end of the day in the hot tub, is such a comfort now.

That said, I've been up a mountain once, in Switzerland, in the comfort of a cable car of course, and seen folk enjoying the snow.

Going up to the top of the mountain scared the shit out of me (not literally), for some strange reason I became frightened of heights later on in life.

There was a hotel at the top of the mountain ⛰, it served 🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺, I was saved.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-08T02:47:04Z

Winternights3 Though I grew up here, I have always loved mountains and hated Florida's flatness, heat and bugs. It sometimes has felt like I've been living in my own personal Heart of Darkness where the flies don't sting, but jab. (Love that Conrad quote.) Also why I was NOT looking forward to getting drafted to going to Vietnam, thank you very much.

I've known folks who've had that kind of reaction out there and don't know why but it's never bothered me. As they say, it takes all kinds.

RC

Alisadoll · 2021-11-06T03:58:18Z

Have you heard of Tartaria? Extremely advanced culture complete with free aetheric energy. Many were much taller people as well. The truth is right in front of you IF you free your mind to see it.

Sottites, I dare you to go there

Winternights3 · 2021-11-06T04:03:14Z

Alisadoll I love it,👏someone who is brave enough to admit GIANTS once roamed planet Earth 🌏.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-06T05:16:34Z

Alisadoll I thought my dentist was complimenting how tall I was, but then I realized that he didn't say Tartaria.

Winternights3 I've never had a pool so I don't know, but what about making it a salt water pool? Would that lessen that issue? (I know that down here in Florida a pool untended quickly turns into green pea soup. Indeed, I once had to help my father, who was the president of our Audubon Society, in saving an alligator from one that looked like a pond - chock full of duckweed.

Also, I've gotta guess that they had bleach and such back then. Lye also. Finally, there were baths down in Rome and it's a much warmer climate. But I don't know about such.

R.C.

Winternights3 · 2021-11-06T05:37:53Z

Rowan Cocoan With any ventures comes responsibility.

I have constructed a wild life pond in my garden and this year built a 5mtr by 3mtr decking to sit my Hot tub on.

Both require daily/weekly maintenance to stops natural processes from taking over.

Here in the UK, I've had to prepare my Hot tub for winter, I did that yesterday, the next time my girlfriend and I will most probably use it is on Christmas morning, steaming in the cold morning air and all the better for a bottle of bubbly 🍾

As for my wild life pond, I am the custodian of many a living creature and its now my duty to ensure my pond is fit for purpose so my new found fiends have a happy and successful life.

I must admit though, crocodiles 🐊 are not welcome.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-06T06:06:55Z

Winternights3 Growing up here (and since) I've had two friends bitten by sharks while surfing, another one by a moray eel while surfing, and another one who had his arm spun off at the elbow by a gator. I personally have been bitten many many times - by skeeters.

I could, within 10 minutes drive to where I could take a photo of gators like (but not professional stuff) like the lake gators at night about 2/3 of the way down this page. [Link]
RC

InfoWithJo · 2021-11-06T14:37:02Z

Alisadoll I’ve been reading about Tartaria and the mud floods lately. While I believe the theory, I can’t square the timeline (early 1800’s). That wasn’t long ago and people can trace their ancestors easily. And why no passed down stories? And who or what caused the mayhem? Where did these people go? Any guidance?

Animanarchy · 2021-11-07T18:40:24Z

Rowan Cocoan I just saw this one: Is-real-hell. I guess your version IsRaHell has an extra meaning to it?

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-07T22:09:38Z

Animanarchy I think of it as sub (or supra) category of Team FUKUSraHell.

RC

Alisadoll · 2021-11-11T15:40:15Z

Winternights3 Brave? I’m not brave at all, just informed. Most people are ignorant fools that never read or watch anything that’s actually good for them.

It’s a fact. The US is full of their skeletons. Many mounds were opened in the East and Midwest in the 19th centuries. It was common knowledge in that era, There are hundreds of stories published in local newspapers of the day. Even Lincoln mentions them in his speeches.

There are lots of people that comment here, some quite smugly too, that think they’re awake and are very clever and witty. But they’re not as far along as they think. Many have a ways to go to come out of the fog.

The deception we live in beyond most people’s comprehension. All paradigms shatter on the road to truth. Some can withstand it, some not, so they withdraw and return to fantasy.

Alisadoll · 2021-11-11T15:51:52Z

Rowan Cocoan You mock, but it only points to lack of knowledge on your part. They were much more advanced than we are. Health was not yet destroyed by modern medicine. No bleach necessary when you’ve harnessed sound and the aether to keep all in balance. Simple salt too, 😂 will keep water clean. But if it were a bath it was filled and emptied. Do you keep your tub constantly filled, waiting for the next dip? Jeez.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-11T16:08:04Z

Alisadoll I was making a self deprecatory pun. That's all and that's what the " " was for.

RC

Alisadoll · 2021-11-11T16:14:51Z

InfoWithJo The timeline does seem off, but who knows? We see cities deluged. Something about the cities...first clue. Watch this to find out more [Link]

and this may help with the timeline too. [Link]

Yes, there were giants and they were the ruling class. Take a look at the Egyptian carvings, sculptures and paintings. You will see large kings and queens served by very small people. The expression of referring to the masses as the “little people” is quite true.

So much is in front of our faces. Just have to open the eyes and the mind.

For the best in fascinating anthropology and archaeology visit Robert Sepehr’s channel [Link]

And visit his website [Link]

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-11T16:40:30Z

Alisadoll Yep. If you look at the things they did such as the pyramids, or how they drew stuff to scale properly, the claim that they drew their leaders bigger to emphasize their power or some such shit always stank to me too.

RC

InfoWithJo · 2021-11-11T18:32:44Z

Alisadoll Hey Alisadoll, Thanks for the links. I’ve watched the first two before. Fascinating stuff! But I’ve still not found a good explanation for how it could be completely erased from mass memory in only 200 years.

Winternights3 · 2021-11-11T19:13:30Z

Alisadoll I was giving you a compliment.

There's big and there's GIANTS, sure our ancient ancestors where of an impressive size but there has been a deliberate effort by the Smith's to destroy any evidence of GIANTS.

Yes most folk are very ignorant of Earth's past civilizations but in my experience when you mention GIANTS, they find it incredibly difficult to comprehend the notion that such huge people once roamed Earth.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-11T20:20:33Z

Winternights3 Why is that? I'm 5'7" and I don't have a problem with it.

RC

Winternights3 · 2021-11-11T23:43:31Z

Rowan Cocoan Maybe be its because you are generous in your approach towards new ideas 🎆 and are willing to embrass new concepts, whilst others are not 🚫.

it's could also be that your smart and don't necessarily wish to pick a fight 🤺with a 30ft MONSTER and have his equally HUGE family come around to your house and trample down your flowers 🌻🌵🌼🥀🌵🏵🌵 🌻 in your garden.

Off subject: you ask me some questions re NEO'S, which thread where they connected to?

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-11T23:57:20Z

Winternights3 The way to find out is go the Red Pavlovian Bell (RPB) and at the bottom you'll see your recent comments. Click that and do a controlled find search about words that we talked about. The other way is go to the same place and do a search for Rowan. I'm going to search for it now. Here it is:

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PDX · 2021-11-06T12:27:56Z

Working out how such an astonishing object was made at all would be the best avenue for research.

Solid granite, perfect finish, lost technology...

We lose the knowledge of how to do things very quickly. Even in my lifetime we no longer know how to make those curved windows and frames you see on Victorian buildings, (I know, because I bought an old book in an auction that describes the process). What happens when no one knows anymore? The answer is that these things are never done anymore and the skills are lost forever, leaving a new generation thinking 'How did they do that?'

Pyramids, Star forts, serapeum boxes, Puma Punku, the list goes on...

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-06T15:09:32Z

PDX I tell you what, never call a puma a punku. [Link] RC

katesisco · 2021-11-07T16:39:43Z

PDX Yes. We have ended apprenticeships which accumulated knowledge; this giant GRANITE bowl far surpasses the astonishing Egyptian vessels equally baffling. I wonder when we will have the accumulated info of these amazing granite creations available in one book. I wonder if emissions of strong magnetism have anything to do with this?

The southern Russian area has been discovered to be the site of the HIV resistant population. And now again, the southern Russian area is designated where the horse became useful, aka, tamable enough to ride and control also with the lesser known fact that cattle were also tamed here. Who know-how many plants discovered to be from the Turkey area, olives, grapes, etc., were originally from the Russian plains?

I suspect strong collimated magnetic focus are the benefactors of human intelligence. And focus originating from the Earth's core? That seems like a far fetched idea but there are the lately discovered interior areas of unknown material creating mountainous areas reaching from the core to the Moho. What could have created these?

PDX · 2021-11-08T08:36:09Z

katesisco This is very interesting, do you have any links?

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-08T19:39:13Z

katesisco S0 routinely speaks of them or at least I think these are what you are talking about. The LLSVPs.

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