Historical place profile

S. Casciano dei Bagni

The village of San Casciano dei Bagni, located south of Siena, Italy, has been frequented since at least the first millennium BCE on account of its thermal springs with supposedly healing properties.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413296
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413296
Place type
bath, settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
42.871665, 11.875088
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

The village of San Casciano dei Bagni, located south of Siena, Italy, has been frequented since at least the first millennium BCE on account of its thermal springs with supposedly healing properties.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 B3 S. Casciano dei Bagni

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Research path

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