Edifici in pietra color miele circondano il bagno di Santa Caterina del 16th secolo, una piscina rettangolare nel centro di bagno Vignoni, Toscana, Italia, piena di acque termali vulcaniche che sgorgano dal profondo sotterraneo. Le proprietà calmanti e curative dell'acqua fumante sono state godute da Etruschi, Romani, Santa Caterina da Siena, il governatore mediceo Lorenzo il magnifico, Papa Pio II, lo scrittore Charles Dickens e il Marchese de Sade.
2848 x 4288 px | 24,1 x 36,3 cm | 9,5 x 14,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 agosto 2008
Ubicazione:
Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany, Italy.
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Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany, Italy: medieval and Renaissance buildings in honey-coloured Tuscan stone surround the rectangular 16th century stone bathing pool or basin in Piazza delle Sorgenti, where hot volcanic spring water bubbles up from a subterranean aquifer. Archaeologists believe that the Etruscans were among the first to appreciate the therapeutic qualities of the hot springs at Bagno Vignoni, an ancient hilltop spa village above the Val d'Orcia, southeast of Siena. The Romans also bathed here to benefit their health, with the steaming sulphurous water, rising at 52 degrees Celsius and rich in magnesium and calcium sulphate, able to relax muscles and soothe painful conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatism. In late medieval times, Bagno became a popular stopping-place for Christian pilgrims treading the Via Francigena route to Rome. Among them, in the mid-1300s, was St Catherine of Siena. Other visitors to luxuriate in the healing waters included Pope Pius II (1405-64), Florentine statesman Lorenzo (The Magnificent) de' Medici (1449-92), 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne and writers Charles Dickens and the Marquis de Sade. More recently, the picturesque village was chosen by acclaimed Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky as the main location for his 1983 film, 'Nostalghia'. Although bathing is now prohibited in the 49 x 29 m Bath of St Catherine, Bagno Vignoni is still a popular tourist destination, with visitors able to bathe at local hotels in water from the same underground source. Its sights also include remains of water mills and the complex network of canals that once powered them in the Parco dei Mulini (Park of the Mills), below the village. D0616.A7362
