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Montirone Park, Abano — The Ancient Thermal Springs

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Montirone Park, Abano — The Ancient Thermal Springs

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Montirone Park, Abano — The Ancient Thermal Springs

Name: Montirone Park, Abano — The Ancient Thermal Springs
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Location: Abano Terme, Padova, Veneto, Italy

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Parco Montirone, Abano / The Ancient Thermal Springs

In the heart of Abano, at the end of the pedestrian zone, a tall colonnade leads us into this small park where steaming thermal water flows among the greenery of plants and trees.

A tall colonnade leads us into this small park, situated on a green hill where the temple of the god Aponus once stood near Abano's ancient thermal spring. Today, the thermal water flows once again in the stone thermal pools.

The cradle of Abano's thermal baths: More than two thousand years ago, in the time of the ancient Romans, a sacred temple dedicated to the god Aponus and a small shop selling pottery stood on this small hill. Many came here to be treated with the precious thermal water, which flowed freely at a temperature of approximately 80°C.
... Soon, villas and thermal palaces sprang up around the small hill, and the Abano thermal baths became famous among patricians and soldiers, as well as emperors, for their "magical" qualities: Tiberius himself wanted to stop at the Temple of Aponus to consult the oracle of Geryon. After receiving a positive result, he threw his golden dice into the fountain before departing for Illyria.

Today, the ancient pools, which held steaming thermal water until the second half of the 20th century, have been restored to their former glory: The water flows again in the five stone pools—two large and three small—at a temperature of about 70°C. A high colonnade in the Corinthian order leads to the park with the Montirone springs. At the entrance stands the Doric column surmounted by a chalice coiled in the shape of a snake, designed in 1825 by the Venetian architect Giuseppe Jappelli to house the passage of Emperor Franz I of Austria.

Text / Source: Blog Abano.it / It Portale delle Terme

blog.abano.it/it/il-colle-del-montirone-e-le-sue-antiche-sorgenti-termali

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Montirone Park, Abano — The Ancient Thermal Springs

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