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Montecatini Alto was a castle of
romanesque origin , 299 meters of altitude, that in the past time was the
seat of the municipality until the year 1905. It was the origin of the
Montecatini that we know now. At the beginning the only existing town was
the one on the hill, however, already in ancient times, people knew that the
waters in the swamps had curative powers, and that the termal patrimony of
Montecatini was probably already known to Etruscs and we have documents,
relating about the spas, dating back to 1387, however one never gave enough
significance to the phenomenon. In 1530 one started to take baths in the
wells. One had also given a name to the wells: "mediceo" or "
tondo" or "dei merli" or " della rogna". The area
was in any case unhealthy cause of the stagnation of water. Thanks to the
grand duke Leopoldo who ordered to built some waterways for the drainage,
the zone was regained, and to make easier the use of the thermal springs he
ordered to built some thermal resourts...
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