Thermes d'Amélie-les-Bains
Roman sulphur baths in a Catalan valley, still in daily use.
Jean-Pierre Bazard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Temperatura della sorgente
- 62°C
- Temperatura di balneazione
- 36°C
- Balneazione
- Vasca interna
Amélie-les-Bains lies in the Vallespir where sulphurous water rises at up to 62 °C. A Roman vaulted pool survives beneath the present establishment and remains in service — one of the oldest continuously used bathing rooms in France — supporting cures for rheumatism and the airways.
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L'acqua
Acqua termale
- Sorgente
- Amélie-les-Bains sulphur springs
- Mineralizzazione
- Sulphurous, sodium sulphide water
- Carattere
- Hot sulphur water feeding a Roman vaulted pool still in service today.
Informazioni pratiche
Renamed for Queen Marie-Amélie in 1840; the spa is prescription-based with limited walk-in access, and the town's mild winters make it a year-round cure station.
Posizione
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