SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA, SIENA, TUSCANY
BAGNO VIGNONI
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SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA, SIENA, TUSCANYBAGNO VIGNONI
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Bagno Vignoni, lies at about 3 km south from San Quirico d'Orcia. Bagno Vignoni is a small village of medieval aspect, characterized from the enormous water basin that occupies the main public square. The small agglomerate of houses was in origin a castle of the Amerighi family, already well-know in 11th century, today the remains of the castle (called Vignoni Alto) dominates the height over the thermal village. |
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Bagno Vignoni, today is famous for thermal sources from which gushes out a water with a temperature of 52°C, a bicarbonate-sulfate-calcic-carbonic water, adapted to the cure of the rheumatic arthritis, the neuralgias and the neuritis. In the past the thermal waters of Bagno Vignoni were used since the roman age, subsequently also Pope Pio II Piccolomini and Lorenzo the Magnificent used its curative waters. |
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The village has been developed around to a great rectangular water basin, within which the thermal waters gush out. Little outside from the historical center, a few meters from the water basin, it's the Park of the Water-Mills (Parco dei Mulini), where in the past, along the river, were a series of water-mills, utilized in order to take advantage of waters for the cultivation, today is possible to visit the Park of the Water-Mills and to admire some of the buildings remained active until the years Fifty of 20th century. |
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WHERE TO STAY IN SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA:SEARCH for HOTELS and ACCOMMODATIONS IN SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA (with guest reviews) |
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WHAT TO SEE IN THE AREA:Val d'Orcia, San Quirico d'Orcia, Pienza, Monticchiello, Montepulciano, Montalcino, Sant'Antimo. |
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