The hot springs are forty-two and pour out five and a half million litres a day: in Europe only two places give more. The Etruscans and the Romans came here, and in 2022 Etruscan and Roman bronzes came out of the mud where they had lain for centuries.
Boccaccio tells how an abbot of Cluny, on his way here to treat his liver, was kidnapped by Ghino di Tacco: it is the second tale of the tenth day. In 1607 the grand duke Ferdinand I had a portico built over the Ficoncella spring. Even in the eighteenth century people came from all over Europe, princes, cardinals and ordinary folk, all looking for the same water.
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📅 Every year, on 13 August
On 13 August San Casciano dei Bagni, a municipality of 1,637 inhabitants in the province of Siena, celebrates its patron Saint Cassian of Imola (san Cassiano di Imola).
Almonds, candied fruit, flour, honey and spices pressed into a low disc: Siena's panforte has a recipe documented since 1205.
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Outside San Casciano dei Bagni, but an easy day trip away.
