"Spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to ""take the waters"" for their purported health benefits. The word ""spa"" is derived from the name of Spa, a town in Belgium. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. He became interested in the curative properties of the hot mineral waters there and in 1676 wrote ""A discourse of Bathe, and the hot waters there. Also, Some Enquiries into the Nature of the water"". This brought the purported health-giving properties"
"legend was given great prominence as a royal endorsement of the waters' qualities, with the embellishment that the spring had cured Bladud and his herd of pigs of leprosy through wallowing in the warm mud. The name Sulis continued to be used after the Roman invasion, leading to the town's Roman name of ""Aquae Sulis"" (""the waters of Sulis""). The temple was constructed in 60–70 AD and the bathing complex was gradually built up over the next 300 years. During the Roman occupation of Britain, and possibly on the instructions of Emperor Claudius, engineers drove oak piles to provide a"
"spring in Yorkshire. He built an enclosed well at what became known as Harrogate, the first resort in England for drinking medicinal waters, then in 1596 Dr Timothy Bright after discovering a second well called the resort ""The English Spaw"", beginning the use of the word ""Spa"" as a generic description. It is commonly claimed, in a commercial context, that the word is an acronym of various Latin phrases, such as ""salus per aquam"" or ""sanitas per aquam"", meaning ""health through water"". This is very unlikely: the derivation does not appear before the early 21st century and is probably a"
"crossing point of their road, they would have been attracted by the large natural hot spring which had been a shrine of the Celtic Brythons, dedicated to their goddess, Sulis. This spring is a natural mineral spring found in the valley of the Avon River in Southwest England, it is the only spring in Britain officially designated as hot. The name is Latin for ""the waters of Sulis."" The Romans identified the goddess with their goddess Minerva and encouraged her worship. The similarities between Minerva and Sulis helped the Celts adapt to Roman culture. The spring was built up into"
"Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington , is a spa town in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities, in the 19th century the town experienced one of the most rapid expansions in England. It is named after the River Leam, which flows through the town. The town contains especially fine ensembles of Regency architecture, particularly in parts of the Parade, Clarendon Square and Lansdowne Circus. In the 2011"
"Droitwich Spa is twinned with: Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to ""Droitwich"") is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south of Birmingham and west of Redditch. The town was called Salinae in Roman times, then later called Wyche, derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hwicce kingdom, referred to as ""Saltwich"" according to Anglo-Saxon charters, with the Droit (meaning ""right"" in French) added when the town was given its charter on 1 August 1215 by King John. The ""Spa"" was added in the 19th century when John Corbett developed the town's spa facilities. The"
"Boston Spa Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Situated south of Wetherby, Boston Spa is on the south bank of the River Wharfe which separates it from Thorp Arch. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,006 rising to 4,079 in the 2011 census. In 1744, John Shires established a spa town when he discovered sulphur springs in the magnesian limestone. It was known as Thorp Spa but declined when Harrogate became very popular as a spa town. In 1753, a turnpike was"
"Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. away from the town centre is the Yorkshire Dales national park and the Nidderdale AONB. Harrogate grew out of two smaller settlements, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, in the 17th century. Since 2013, polls have consistently voted the town as ""the happiest place to live"" in Britain. Harrogate spa water contains iron, sulphur and common salt. The town became known as 'The"
"Romae, numbered as fragment 21a by E. Rodríguez Almeida. Baths of Licinius Sura The Baths of Licinius Sura or ""Thermae Suranae"" were an ancient Roman bath complex built by Lucius Licinius Sura on the Aventine Hill (""Regio XIII"") in Rome. They were restored during the short reign of Gordian III. The baths were damaged during the 410 sack of Rome by Alaric I, and again restored in 414. The baths probably served a more affluent community than the Baths of Caracalla, but were smaller and probably more elegant. Although now no ruins remain, their approximate location was: , and are"
"(A439). Leamington Spa experiences the oceanic climate which covers most of the United Kingdom. Leamington is twinned with: Leamington has friendship agreements with: Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington , is a spa town in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities, in the 19th century the town experienced one of the most rapid expansions in England. It is named after the River Leam, which flows through the town."
"Baths of Licinius Sura The Baths of Licinius Sura or ""Thermae Suranae"" were an ancient Roman bath complex built by Lucius Licinius Sura on the Aventine Hill (""Regio XIII"") in Rome. They were restored during the short reign of Gordian III. The baths were damaged during the 410 sack of Rome by Alaric I, and again restored in 414. The baths probably served a more affluent community than the Baths of Caracalla, but were smaller and probably more elegant. Although now no ruins remain, their approximate location was: , and are partially shown on slab VII-14 of the Forma Urbis"
"was to celebrate the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark on 10 March 1863. The Spa In 1833 the old Roman mineral water caves (believed to have been discovered by soldiers of the XXth Roman Legion) were excavated in an attempt to attract people to them. In 1863 Lord Willoughby de Eresby built a small bath-house, replaced a decade later by the current building. Large numbers of people came, no doubt aided by national advertising, and the declaration by Dr. Hayward, a fashionable medical specialist from Liverpool, that this was ""Probably the best spa"
"springs in the Belgian town of Spa, which gave its name to spa towns. The medicinal properties of the waters were publicised by Edmund Deane. His book, ""Spadacrene Anglica, or the English Spa Fountain"" was published in 1626. In the 17th and 18th centuries further chalybeate springs were discovered in High Harrogate, and both chalybeate and sulphur springs were found in Low Harrogate. The two communities attracted many visitors. A number of inns were opened for visitors in High Harrogate in the 17th century (the Queen's Head, the Granby, the Dragon and the World's End.) In Low Harrogate the Crown"
"Celts (the Allobroges tribe), who worshipped them under the auspices of the god Borvo. Attached to the city of Vienne, after the conquest of Caesar, the Roman vicus of Aquae (Aix) grew around a first-class bathing establishment, continually improved and expanded. Therefore, this tradition of baths was permanently preserved over the centuries. There are also testimonies of the presence of King Henry IV in 1600, who washed in the unique Roman swimming pool still accessible at the time, called the ""Royal Bath"". In 1783, through the subsidies of King Victor Amadeus III, a first modern thermal hotel was built. These"
"found in the UK. These natural geothermal mineral springs fed into the Roman Baths complex, which was responsible for the prominence of Bath in the Roman period, as well as for the later development of Bath as the country's leading eighteenth and early nineteenth century health resort. In the middle of the 20th century, the city's swimming pool sourced its water directly from the King's Spring through one of three pipelines beneath the River Avon. However, the old municipal hot pools were closed in 1978 after the discovery of an infectious organism in one stratum of the aquifer. After that"
"Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to ""Droitwich"") is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south of Birmingham and west of Redditch. The town was called Salinae in Roman times, then later called Wyche, derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hwicce kingdom, referred to as ""Saltwich"" according to Anglo-Saxon charters, with the Droit (meaning ""right"" in French) added when the town was given its charter on 1 August 1215 by King John. The ""Spa"" was added in the 19th century when John Corbett developed the town's spa facilities. The River Salwarpe running through Droitwich"
"Varaždinske Toplice Varaždinske Toplice ( Kajkavian: ""Varaždinske Toplice"") is a small town in northern part of Croatia in Varaždin County. The town has been well known throughout the centuries for its hot springs as well as a medical center. In Ancient Rome it was known as Aquae Iasae. Today, the town's biggest employers are ""Hotel Minerva"", built in 1981 with approx. 440 beds, and Hospital for Medicinal Rehabilitation ""Terme"" which is one of the leading rehabilitation centers for spinal cord and neurological injuries and disorders in Croatia. In 2013 Varaždin County, the formal owner of the hotel and the hospital,"
"resort town of Aquae Granni was, according to legend, founded by Grenus, under Hadrian, around 124 AD. Instead, the fictitious founder refers to the Celtic god, and it seems it was the Roman 6th Legion at the start of the 1st century AD that first channelled the hot springs into a spa at Büchel, adding at the end of the same century the ""Münstertherme"" spa, two water pipelines, and a probable sanctuary dedicated to Grannus. A kind of forum, surrounded by colonnades, connected the two spa complexes. There was also an extensive residential area, part of it inhabited by a"
"when the location was called ""Aquae Spadanae"", sometimes incorrectly connected to the Latin word ""spargere"" meaning to scatter, sprinkle or moisten. Since medieval times, illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron-bearing) spring water (in 1326, the iron-master Collin le Loup claimed a cure, when the spring was called ""Espa"", a Walloon word for ""fountain""). In 16th-century England, the old Roman ideas of medicinal bathing were revived at towns like Bath (""not"" the source of the word bath), and in 1596 William Slingsby who had been to the Belgian town (which he called ""Spaw"") discovered a chalybeate"
"Baths of Titus The Baths of Titus or ""Thermae Titi"" were public baths (""Thermae"") built in 81 AD at Rome, in what is now Italy, by Roman emperor Titus. The baths sat at the base of the Esquiline Hill, an area of parkland and luxury estates which had been taken over by Nero (AD 54–68) for his Golden House or ""Domus Aurea"". ""Thermae Titi"" or Titus' baths were built in haste, possibly by converting an existing or partly built bathing complex belonging to the reviled ""Domus Aurea"". They were not particularly extensive, and the much larger Baths of Trajan were"
"Eforie Eforie (; historical names (for Eforie Sud): ""Băile Movilă"", ""Carmen-Sylva"", ""Vasile Roaită"") is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south of Constanţa. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby. Eforie Sud, the southern part of the town, was founded by the aristocrat Ion Movilă in 1899, when he erected a hotel named ""Băile Movilă"" (Movilă Spa). In 1928, the spa was renamed ""Carmen-Sylva"", after the pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. In 1950, after the establishment of the Communist regime, the name of the city was"
"Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with France, and forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) north-east of Strasbourg, France. The springs at Baden-Baden were known to the Romans as ' (""The Waters"") and ' (""Aurelia-of-the-Waters"") after M. Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus. In modern German, ' is a noun meaning ""bathing"" but Baden, the original name of the town, derives from an earlier plural form of ' (""bath""). (The modern plural"
"in Germany. The Romans developed a settlement known as Aquae Arnemetiae (or the spa of the goddess of the grove). The discovery of coins indicates that the Romans were in Buxton throughout their occupation. The origins of the town's name are uncertain. It may be derived from the Old English for ""Buck Stone"" or for ""Rocking Stone"". The town grew in importance in the late 18th century when it was developed by the Dukes of Devonshire, with a resurgence a century later as the Victorians were drawn to the reputed healing properties of the waters. Built on the River Wye,"
"their spa status, but this is not a general rule (e.g. Ciechocinek and Inowrocław are spa towns, but do not use the affix). Portugal is well known by famous spa towns throughout of the country. Due to its high quality, as well as the landscape where are located, the most important ones are: ""See: List of spa towns in Romania"" In Romania, the word ""Băile"" implies a spa town. The most famous spa towns in Romania are Băile Herculane, Băile Felix, Mangalia, Covasna, Călimănești & Borsec. ""See: List of spa towns in Serbia"" Serbia is known for its many spa"
"victim to the violence that accompanied the period of intense migrations that followed the disappearance from the western empire of Roman governance. The commune incorporates two mineral water springs, one of them, first exploited more than two thousand years ago, known as the ""Roman Spring"" and the other known as the ""Celtic Spring"": """" branded water is widely available in the area. The waters' curative properties are recommended against rheumatism and degenerative illnesses. The spa tradition today supports a more general tourist industry in the little town, which even boasts its own casino. The little town also contains an archaeological"
"they were discovered. Baths of Titus The Baths of Titus or ""Thermae Titi"" were public baths (""Thermae"") built in 81 AD at Rome, in what is now Italy, by Roman emperor Titus. The baths sat at the base of the Esquiline Hill, an area of parkland and luxury estates which had been taken over by Nero (AD 54–68) for his Golden House or ""Domus Aurea"". ""Thermae Titi"" or Titus' baths were built in haste, possibly by converting an existing or partly built bathing complex belonging to the reviled ""Domus Aurea"". They were not particularly extensive, and the much larger Baths"
"Dax, Landes Dax (; ""Dacs"" in Occitan) is a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department. It is known as a spa, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar ailments. It is also a market town, former bishopric and busy local centre, especially for the Chalosse area. It was first established by the Romans, and its reputation is supposed to date from a visit by Julia, the daughter of the first Emperor Octavian Augustus. Its Roman name was ""Civitas Aquensium"". In the Middle Ages, it was administered by viscounts until 1177. With the acquisition of"
"Bath curse tablets The Bath curse tablets are a collection of about 130 Roman era curse tablets (or ""defixiones"" in Latin) discovered in 1979/1980 in the English city of Bath. The tablets invoke the intercession of the goddess Sulis Minerva in the return of stolen goods and to curse the perpetrators of the thefts. Inscribed mostly in British Latin, they have been used to attest to the everyday spoken vernacular of the Romano-British population of the second to fourth centuries A.D. The Roman baths and temple dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva in the English city of Bath (founded by"
"details of that founding remain obscure. Ptolemy suggests that it was founded in Turodi territory, a theory that has been strengthened by the existence of epigraphic evidence documenting the presence of Turodi. Aquae Flaviae Aquae Flaviae (or ""Aquæ Flaviæ"") is the ancient Roman city and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) of Chaves, a municipality in the Portuguese district of Vila Real. The northwest peninsular region is an area of hot springs and Roman settlements linked to the exploitation of valuable natural resources. Aquae Flaviae was the principal ""municipium civitas"" in the northwest (from epigraphic findings) implanted in"
"still are today. Roman engineers were also able to construct a complex system of chambers that channelled underground heat into facilities that acted as saunas. In addition to their recreational function, the baths were used in Roman medicine to treat various illnesses and physicians would attend their patients at the springs. Baiae was supplied with fresh drinking water from a branch of the Aqua Augusta aqueduct, a cross-section of which can be seen nearby. Baiae Baiae (; ) was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, and now in the ""comune"" of Bacoli."
"English Spa"". He compared the waters of the Tewit Well with those of Spa in present-day Belgium, which even by Deane's day, was already a popular place where spring water was being consumed for health reasons. The waters from the natural spring upon which the Pump Room is built upon contains the greatest amount of sulphur of all of Harrogate's many water springs. The water from the Old Sulphur Well was termed ""Strong Sulphur Water"" to distinguish it from sulphurous waters from the town's other wells. Betty Lupton (c.1760–1843), dispensed ""Strong Sulphur Water"" from a well for approximately six decades"
"Albulae Aquae Albulae Aquae (""The White Water"") is a group of springs located West of Tivoli in Italy. The springs' water is bluish, strongly impregnated with sulphur and carbonate of lime, and rises at a temperature of about . The remains of a Roman thermal establishment exist near the principal spring, the so-called Lago della Regina, which is continually diminishing in size owing to deposits left by the water. Dedicatory inscriptions in honour of the waters have been found at the site. It is mentioned briefly by many ancient authors, among them, Virgil, Vitruvius, Isidore of Seville, and Pliny the"
"Roman spa was Baiae in the Bay of Naples. In German the spas of Aachen, Wiesbaden, Baden-Baden and Badenweiler were founded in the first century A.D. In Switzerland, St. Moritz first boomed with the discovery of its healing spring by Paracelsus. After this initial flowering, interest in bathing for healing purposes subsided for a while in Europe. No large bath complexes were built during the Middle Ages on the scale that had been seen in antiquity. The Crusaders brought Islamic spa culture back with them from the Orient. With the rise of the bourgeoisie in the towns during the 12th"