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Encyclopedia Britannica



MONTECATINI

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 763 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOL-MOS
MONTECATINI , two much-frequented
mineral
 
baths
  of
Tuscany
 ,
Italy
 . (1) Montecatini in Val di Cecina, in the province of
Pisa
 , 5 M. W. of Volterra. Pop. (Igor), 5009. The
water
  is saline, with a temperature of 78.8 F. There are copper mines, which have been worked since the 15th
century
 , 1358 ft. above sea-level. (2) Montecatini in Val di Nievole, in the province of Lucca, 7 M. W. by S. of Pistoja, 105 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901), 3048 (Bagni di Montecatini); 2856 (Montecatini). The springs, which number ten, are saline, and range in temperature from 82.4 to 86 F. The
water
  is both drunk and used for bathing by some 40,000 visitors annually, and is exported in bottles. There is also a natural vapour bath (8o95 F.) in the Grotta
Giusti
  (so-called from the satirist Giuseppe
Giusti
 , a native of the
place
 ), at Monsummano near by, discovered in 1849. Another attraction of the
place
  is the gardens of Collodi. At the
town
  of Montecatini, on the hill above (951 ft.), the Florentines were defeated by Uguccione della Faggiuola of
Pisa
  in 1315.


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