Bath, Somerset | Wikipedia audio article |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset 00:02:23 1 History 00:02:32 1.1 Iron Age and Roman 00:04:46 1.2 Post-Roman and Medieval 00:08:33 1.3 Early Modern 00:12:04 1.4 Late Modern 00:14:41 2 Government 00:14:59 2.1 Historical development 00:16:27 2.2 Charter trustees 00:17:31 2.3 Coat of Arms 00:18:26 2.4 Bath City Forum 00:18:49 2.5 Parliamentary elections 00:20:11 2.6 Electoral wards 00:21:10 3 Geography and environment 00:21:19 3.1 Physical geography 00:23:40 3.2 Climate 00:25:29 3.3 Green belt 00:26:36 4 Demography 00:26:45 4.1 District 00:28:11 4.2 City 00:29:02 5 Economy 00:29:11 5.1 Industry 00:30:51 5.2 Tourism 00:32:36 6 Architecture 00:39:12 7 Culture 00:41:34 7.1 Bath in the arts 00:44:31 7.2 Parks 00:46:44 7.3 Bath and Queen Victoria 00:47:18 7.4 Food 00:48:56 7.5 Twinning 00:49:26 7.5.1 Formal twinning 00:49:44 8 Education 00:50:51 9 Sport 00:55:03 10 Transport 00:55:12 10.1 Roads 00:57:12 10.2 Rivers and canals 00:57:59 10.3 Railways 00:59:29 10.4 Trams 00:59:37 10.4.1 Historic 01:00:37 10.4.2 Possible re-introduction 01:01:57 11 Media 01:02:57 12 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8511182576851827 Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987. The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II. The city has software, publishing and service-oriented industries. Theatres, museums and other cultural and sporting venues have helped make it a major centre for tourism, with more than one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year. There are several museums including the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Victoria Art Gallery, the Museum of East Asian Art, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Fashion Museum, and the Holburne Museum. The city has two universities – the University of Bath and Bath Spa University – with Bath College providing further education. Sporting clubs include Bath Rugby and Bath City F.C.. Bath became part of the county of Avon in 1974, and, following Avon's abolition in 1996, has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset. |