MEHADIA

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MEHADIA , a market town of

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

, in the county of Krassb-Szoreny, 287 M. S.E. of Budapest by rail. Pop. (1900), 2492. The town is the site of the ancient Roman colony Ad Mediam, near which passed the Roman road from the

Danube

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

to Dacia. It contains the ruins of a fortress, and other Roman remains. In its neighbourhood are the famous Hercules baths (Hungarian, Herkulesfurdo). These are situated in a narrow rocky ravine in the valley of the Cserna, where there are 22 hot springs, of which nine are in use, the most powerful being the Hercules

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

. The springs are all strongly impregnated withsalts of

sulphur

SULPHUR

, iodine, bromine and chlorine, and their

average

AVERAGE

temperature is 700 to 145 F. They were famous in the Roman period under the name of Thermae Herculis or Fontes Herculis. Their popularity is attested by numerous

inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

and

relics

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the
English
- ENGLISH
" remains " in the sense of a dead body)

. After the fall of the Roman

Empire

EMPIRE

they fell into disuse until 2735, but in modern times they have been much frequented.

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