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| | Bath - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | The games give a clue to the design, the inspiration behind which was the Colosseum in Rome. |
 | | Like the Colosseum, the three facades have a different order of architecture on each floor: Doric on the ground level, then Ionic on the piano nobile and finishing with Corinthian on the upper floor, the style of the building thus becoming progressively more ornate as it rises. |
 | | Wood never lived to see his unique example of town planning completed, as he died 5 days after personally laying the foundation stone on May 18 1754. |
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