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San Quirico d'Orcia: Collegiate Church of Osenna (Saints Quirico and Giulitta)

Bagno Vignoni

BAGNO VIGNONI, SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA
Val d'Orcia, Siena

Bagno Vignoni is a small village of medieval appearance characterized by the enormous pool of water that occupies the main square. The small cluster of houses was originally a castle of the family of Amerighi, already known in the eleventh century, today the ruins of the castle (Vignoni Alto) dominate the high ground above the spa town. Bagno Vignoni is located 3 miles south of San Quirico d'Orcia. 

Bagno Vignoni, today is known for hot springs from which gushes water at a temperature of 52°C, a water bicarbonate-sulphate-calcium-carbon, suitable for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, of neuralgia and neuritis. In the past, the thermal waters of Bagno Vignoni were used since Roman times, later the Pope Pius II Piccolomini and Lorenzo the Magnificent used its curative waters. 

The waters of Bagno Vignoni are bicarbonate-sulphate-alkaline-earthy hyperthermal (52°C) and flow from a spring that feeds a large tub of 16th century. They are used for baths and sludge (effective in the treatment of arthro-rheumatic and neuralgic diseases), inhalation, and irrigation (for ear nose and throat inflammation and gynecological inflammations). 

The village developed around a large rectangular tank, into which flow the thermal waters. Just outside the old town, a few dozen meters from the tank, is the Parco dei Mulini, where in the past were a number of mills located along the river, used to exploit water for cultivation, it is now possible to visit this area call Parco dei Mulini and admire some of the buildings remained active until the mid-fifties of the twentieth century. 

 

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Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
The thermal water, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
The Parco dei Mulini, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
The thermal water, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
The Parco dei Mulini, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena
 
 
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