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The spa centres
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some history
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To mark Acqui’s fortune was the abundance of therapeutic water, whose importance depends in the chemical-physique
characteristics found in it. The surrounding area is scattered with hot springs, the main one is in P.za
della Bollente, where the water gushes out at a temperature of 75°C with a capacity of 560 litres a minute.
The majority of the water is utilised for the treatments carried out in the central establishment of the “Nuove
Terme”, which was built between 1870 and 1880. The second spring is situated in the “Bagni area”, over the
Bormida river, where various springs give life to a small lake called the “Antiche Terme”, whose temperatureranges around 50°C. Back in 1480, development started in this part of the town with Cardinal Teodoro,
brother of the Marquis of the Monferrato region. Major development took place during the XVIth
century. In 1687, after a terrible land-slide of the Stregone Mount, the spa centre was rebuilt under the command of
the Duke of Mantova, giving life to the thermal establishment called the “Antiche Terme”. The complex was
built around the “lake”, and was constructed utilising innovative architectonical characteristics for that
period, following the design by the Casalese Architect Giovanni Battista Scapitta. At the end of the ‘700s the Military
establishment was constructed, and meanwhile in 1847, the “hotel for the poor people” was built, wanted by
Carlo Alberto, therefore giving everybody the possibility of using the spa centres. Also wanted by the
King, was the bridge which united the spa centre of the Antiche Terme with that of the Nuove Terme in the town
centre. Today, the Bagni area is made up of the spa centre “Regina”, which hosts treatment quarters and a
hotel. The “Antiche Terme” establishment is due to undergo refurbishment, as is the thermal area surrounding
it, with the construction of a new thermal swimming pool. The “Nuove Terme” hotel will become a 4 star
hotel with thermal swimming pool.
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