Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath became an important centre of the wool industry in the Middle Ages.

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The first time I went to an Italian thermal springs spa, it was the renowned Terme di Saturnia.

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" All this occurs in an elaborate spa where Guido is taking thermal baths as well as daily quantities of "holy water.

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