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Spa (French pronunciation: [spa] ⓘ; Walloon: Spå) is a city and municipality of Wallonia in the province of Liège, Belgium, whose name became an eponym for mineral baths with supposed curative properties. It is in a valley in the Ardennes mountains 35 km (22 mi) south-east of Liège and 45 km (28 mi) south-west of Aachen.
Spa. The medicinal spa of Harkány is supplied by thermal wells that produce high sulphide content chloride water containing sodium-, calcium- and hydrogen carbonate. A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy.
11,319 ha (27,970 acres) The Great Spa Towns of Europe is a transnational World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 11 spa towns across seven European countries. They were developed around natural mineral water springs. [ 1 ][ 2 ] From the early 18th century to the 1930s, Western Europe experienced an increase in spa and bathing culture ...
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington [note 1] (/ ˈ l ɛ m ɪ ŋ t ən / ⓘ), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England.Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following the popularisation of its water which was reputed to have medicinal qualities. [2]
Saratoga Spa State Park is a 2,379-acre (9.63 km 2) state park located in Saratoga County, New York in the United States. [3] The park is in the City of Saratoga Springs , near US 9 and NY 50 . The grounds contain mineral springs , classical bath and spa houses, and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center .
The temperature of the water is between 35 and 40 °C (95 and 104 °F).The thermal baths are decorated beautifully with mosaic tiles. Gellért Spa is famous for its main hall with gallery and glass roof, built in Art-Nouveau style. The current bath complex and hotel was opened in 1918 and was expanded in 1927 with an outdoor artificial wave ...
Harrogate (/ ˈ h ær ə ɡ ə t,-ɡ eɪ t,-ɡ ɪ t / HARR-ə-gət, -gayt, -ghit) [1] is a spa town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. 13 miles (21 km) away from the town centre is the Yorkshire Dales National ...
Spa architecture (‹See Tfd› German: Kurarchitektur) is the name given to buildings that provide facilities for relaxation, recuperation and health treatment in spas. The architecture of these buildings is called "spa architecture" even though it is not a uniform architectural style , but a collective term for a genre of buildings with a spa ...