April
14
/ 2021
In the culturally and historically rich province of Tuscany in central Italy there is an old way of blessing someone verbally. It translates into the phrase “...from the warm waters of San Casciano dei Bagni,” in reference to the healing powers of the hot springs in the Tuscany region. San Casciano dei Bagni’s long history and much of its identity is connected to its hot springs: 42 in all, through which 5.5 million liters of fresh water flows every day, the third largest source in Europe. In August 2020, a European team of archaeologists, representing the universities of Siena, Pisa, Florence, Dublin, and Cyprus, found a spa and “an international sanctuary of great importance” according to Jacopo Tabolli, coordinator of
