The thermal baths, evocative places, date back to Roman times. The discovery of fragments of a statute from the Etruscan period indicates that these populations already used the benefits of thermal waters.
The waters can be classified, according to their chemical composition, in
salsobromoiodic (Mars, Bove, Donzelle and Leone springs) flowing from the bed of the Rio Maggiore stream and
sulphurous (Puzzola, Porretta Nuova and Galleria della Madonna springs) gush to the left of the River Rhine. At Porretta Terme every season is always ideal for reconnecting with nature and physical activity. There are different facilities to stay and use the benefits of the spa depending on every taste and need. It is known that the TransAppennine Railway has contributed decisively to the economic and social development of the populations of the Rhine Valley, breaking their ancient isolation. Among the designers who was entrusted with the construction of the railway, the French engineer Jean Louis Protche had great importance to whom the current Piazza della Stazione di Porretta Terme is dedicated. An oasis of the Bolognese Apennines, on the border between Emilia and Tuscany: Porretta Terme.
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