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🇮🇹 Italy · Calabria
♨ Temperature
45°C
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📅 Established
Known in Roman times (documented by Pliny the Elder); first written record 1446
✓ Verified on 2026-07-28
Terme Luigiane sits between the towns of Acquappesa and Guardia Piemontese in Cosenza province, Calabria, where four natural springs supply sulphurous, saline, bromo-iodic water. Three springs emerge at a constant 43-48°C, while a fourth, cooler source (the 'Galleria Fredda') flows at around 22°C. The waters reach a sulphur concentration described as among the highest in Italy. The springs were known in Roman times, referenced by Pliny the Elder, and the name 'Luigiane' commemorates Prince Luigi Carlo di Borbone, patron of 18th-century physician Giovanni Pagano's research into the waters' therapeutic properties.
| Sulphur | 173 mg/L |
Documented use dates back to the Roman era, referenced in the writings of Pliny the Elder in the 1st century AD. The first surviving written record of the springs dates to 1446, bearing the signature of San Francesco di Paola. The site's current name honors Prince Luigi Carlo di Borbone, who in the 18th century sponsored physician Giovanni Pagano's scientific study of the waters' therapeutic properties.
The waters are locally noted for treating ear, nose, and throat conditions, including otitis and tonsillitis in children, a use documented alongside the more common rheumatological and dermatological treatments.
Websitewww.termeluigiane.it
AddressTerme Luigiane, 87020, straddling Acquappesa and Guardia Piemontese, Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy