Montepulciano
Thermal Baths (Siena)
The town of Montepulciano
Montepulciano, is built along a narrow limestone ridge and,
at 605 m (1,950 ft) above sea level. The town is encircled
by walls and fortifications designed by Antonio da Sangallo
the Elder in 1511 for Cosimo I. Inside the walls the streets
are crammed with Renaissance-style palazzi and churches,
but the town is chiefly known for its good local Vino Nobile
wines. a long, winding street called the Corso climbs up
into the main square, which crowns the summit of the hill.
Also of Etruscan origin it later became a Roman winter encampment.
A main centre of the valley, it has a fortress dating back
to the 8th century and medieval "palazzi" or residences
from the13th century which recall the history of the comunes.
Montepulciano has been called "Pearl of the
1500s" thanks to the numerous works created
by famous Renaissance artists. The main square "Piazza
Grande" is surrounded by magnificent buildings such
as the Palazzo Pubblico, the Cathedral with unfinished faça-
de begun in1594 from a designby Ippolito Scalza and several
residences by Vignola, Sangallo and Peruzzi. It's close
to Chianciano,
Events
In July-August there is Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte,
an arts festival created by the German composer Hans Werner
Henze. In August there are two festivals: the Bruscello
takes place on the 14th, 15th and 16th, when hordes of actors
reenact scenes from the town's turbulent history. For the
Bravio delle Botti, on the last Sunday in August, there
is a parade through the streets followed by a barrel race
and a banquet to end the day.
Thermals spas of
Montepulciano
Montepulciano is famous for its very modern
vascular and orthopaedic rehabilitation centre, and centre
for diagnosing and curing asthma, bronchitis and pulmonary
emphysema. The thermal waters of Montepulciano are captured
at a hundred and twenty metres underground and convoyed
to the therapy sections without any air contact, avoiding
alterations of the natural therapeutic qualities of the
sulphur.
therapeutic properties of the sulphurous and iodine-bromine
salt waters present underground.
"Montepulciano" thermal baths
contain mineral magnesic-calcic bicarbonate salt bromine
sulphureous water, mostly reach in carbon dioxide important
for an antiseptic, anticatarrhal, antispastic and antiallergic
treatment. Montepulciano thermal baths spring out in St.
Albino, a hamlet of Montepulciano, just at 5 km from Montepulciano
and 3 km from Chianciano Terme.
The curative properties of the waters and
mud baths of the Montepulciano spa have been renowned for
centuries, and today are enhanced and complemented by modern
facilities, a complete range of treatments and highly trained
personnel.
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