FROM HEALING FACILITIES TO TOURIST DESTINATIONS: THE ORIGIN OF BALNEOTHERAPY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERMAL CITIES IN EUROPE

Authors

  • Amanda Cristina Franco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/cntc.v3e5201417-28

Keywords:

Termalismo, História, Turismo

Abstract

This paper explores the origins of hydrotherapy in the West, covering the first use records of thermal waters for therapeutic purposes and the development of this practice in medical field. It investigates the relationship between hydrotherapy and development throughout the nineteenth century tourism, identifying the infrastructure and the specific spatial organization that was consolidated in European resorts of that period and its subsequently and decisively influence in the organization of Brazilian resorts.

Author Biography

  • Amanda Cristina Franco
    Mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela USP, onde pesquisou o desenvolvimento das estâncias hidrominerais em São Paulo. Foi professora do curso de arquitetura e urbanismo da FMU e arquiteta na Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo.

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Published

2014-12-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2014)

Section

Original Articles

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