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TERME DEL TETTUCCIO |
Considered the symbol of the town and its glorious past, "Tettuccio" is the oldest spa and also a true concentrate of beauty: this is the reason why it assumed the name "Temple of European Spas". The stateliness of the building and the richness of its internal decorations are the utmost expression of the thermal architecture of Montecatini. Known as "Bagno Nuovo" (New Hot Springs) till 1300, the spa was given a new name deriving from the Italian word "tettoia", the roofing that covered the mineral water spring. After various changes, in 1919 the building took its present shape, as planned by architect Giovannozzi. Its latest works such as the "Sala di soggiorno" by architect Nencini and "Sala Portoghesi" by the homonymous Roman architect are also particularly important.
The characteristic shell placed at the entrance of the spa has certainly a great effect on all visitors; according to the experts, the water that springs from this fountain carries out a great physiologic action. Used for hydroponic therapy, the "Tettuccio" water is considered "weak" and slightly hypotonic. Because of its composition, the water acts together with the organic liquids in particular stimulating one's liver.
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| Viale Verdi, 71 |
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TERME LA SALUTE |
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Encircled by a huge park, the spa takes its name from the "Sorgente dell'Acqua della Salute" (health water spring), which is close to the "Grotta delle Volatiche"; the properties of its waters were already praised by the eighteenth and nineteenth-century medical literature.
Inside the area of the spa buildings, in a semi-rustic style, there is a central pavilion from where different routes branch off; some lead to the counters where curative water is distributed and some to the other service areas.
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| Viale della Salute, 20 |
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TERME EXCELSIOR |
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Its transformation from Grand Café and Municipal Casino into a thermal spa, planned by architect Giovannozzi, dates back to 1915. Next to the spacious and elegant Art Nouveau style hall, place of cultural events and meetings, planned by Bernardini and built between 1905 and 1909, Giovannozzi created a building intended for all complementary treatments, opened the whole year round. But the corrosive action of time and need for renovating the plants led to the demolition of Giovannozzi's sixteenth-century style building. In 1968, five years after the announcement of an international competition, the modern four-storied building was inaugurated. On the ground floor there is the hall for hydroponic treatments; on the other floors there are the plants for mud therapy, balneotherapy and inhalations.
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| Viale Verdi, 61 |
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TERME REGINA |
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Built during the same period as the "Terme del Tettuccio", the spa "Regina" is an imposing edifice of travertine which has inside a huge hall divided into three areas: one where water is distributed, one where people can sit and relax and one used as a refreshment-room. The thermal spring "Regina", protected by a circular small temple, gives the name to the spa whose entrance is decorated by the "Fountain of the Heron", symbol of Montecatini.
Particularly sumptuous and functional, the spa "Regina" is often used for official events.
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| Viale Verdi, 71 |
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TERME LEOPOLDINE |
The "Terme Leopoldine" was named in honour of the Grand Duke Peter Leopold I of Habsburg Lorraine, on occasion of the renovation in 1919 of the thermal buildings. Marble and stucco works characterize its interior, whereas the outside is outlined by extremely sober architectural details that give the thermal edifice a kind of monumental look.
Inside the "Terme Leopoldine", particularly well known all over Europe, the thermo-mineral waters gush out of a crater fountain placed in the centre of the beautiful internal courtyard.
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| Viale Verdi, 67 - Tel. +39 0572 778551 |
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TERME REDI |
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This building is dedicated to the versatile figure of Francesco Redi, considered to be one of the founders of modern medicine and biology, assertor of the extraordinary properties of the hot springs of Montecatini. The spa, recently renovated, is divided into three areas with 66 rooms for mud treatments and balneotherapy (mud baths, water-massages, ozone baths and masso-physiotherapies), equipped with the most recent baths, couches and accessories specially made for the Spa's of Montecatini by the most important manufacturers.
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| Via Bicchierai, 64 |
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ISTITUTO TERMALE GROCCO |
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Situated in Viale Grocco, the thermal institute required four years to be built. It is also called "Edificio delle bibite gratuite" (building of free refreshments) because Francesco I of the Medici in 1583, and then Leopold I in 1784, decided that the inhabitants of Montecatini and some special guests could use these waters for free. It was also the place of clinical and diagnostic tests, physio-kinesitherapy and thermal pool baths.
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| Via delle Palme, 1 |
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TERME TAMERICI |
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The name of the spa, built behind the "Terme Leopoldine", derives from the homonymous plants that grow next to the water spring discovered in 1843. Owned by the family Schmitz, the spa was purchased in 1897 by the company "Societŕ Nuove Terme"; its renovation planned by architect Giulio Bernardini started in 1909. The original "Sala della mescita" (the hall where water was distributed), used today as coffee bar, is of great artistic value; its floors, wall facings and the two large ceramic panels in particular are really beautiful. As a matter of fact, the whole building, embellished inside by a wide garden and outside by a circular pavilion, is full of precious decorations such as ceramic tesserae, stained glass, statues and bas-reliefs. A rare mixture of tastes and styles characterizes "Terme Tamerici" whose main hall is the seat of the club "Circolo Forestieri" and the place where important cultural events are organized.
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| Via Tamerici, 69 |
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