of Salsomaggiore Terme
Mentioned, with the name Salso, in a document of the second half of the ninth century, it has linked its economic and urban development to the exploitation of the local sources of salt waters.
These, known and used for the extraction of sodium chloride since Roman times, have a high therapeutic value, discovered only in the first half of the nineteenth century by Doctor Lorenzo Berzieri. The name, Salsomaggiore until 1956, comes from the adjective "salso" (Latin SALSUS).
In the Middle Ages, it belonged to the powerful Pallavicino family, who, in addition to upgrading the existing salt factories, had others built. Following the fate of the surrounding territories, over the centuries it has been subjected to several rulers, including the Visconti, the Sforza, the Farnese and the Bourbons.
The historical and architectural heritage includes: the former Grand-Hotel des Thermes, with sumptuous halls with an oriental aspect; the L. Berzieri Spa, from the first half of the twentieth century, with the facade covered with marble and ceramics; the contemporary church of Sant'Antonio; the parish church of S. Vitale, built in the twenties of the twentieth century; the oratory of S. Bartolomeo; the railway station, with the interior decorated with frescoed windows, allegorically depicting the most important phases of the history of Salso ; the parish church of S. Salvatore, in Salsomaggiore-Vasi ; the fifteenth-century castle and church of Santa Maria Assunta, of the eighteenth century, in the locality of Bargone; the castle, of 1100, and the sixteenth-century parish of Tabiano; the ancient parish church of S. Giovanni, in Contignaco; the castle and the eighteenth-century church of S. Silvestro, in Scipione; the church of S. Nicomede, of the ninth century, in the same locality.
The birth of the Terme di Salsomaggiore and Tabiano dates back to 1839, the year in which the first therapeutic experiments with salsobromoiodic waters were carried out in Salsomaggiore, waters already known and used in ancient times by the Celts and the Romans to extract a very important item : the kitchen salt.
Thermal Cures
At Terme di Salsomaggiore and Terme di Tabiano we offer thermal treatments with salsobromoiodic waters (at Terme Zoja in Salsomaggiore) and with sulphurous waters (at Terme Respighi in Tabiano).
Salsomaggiore treatments consist mainly of baths and thermal mud indicated for joint and rheumatoid pain, in gynecology and phlebology; salsobromoiodic balneotherapy is indicated in all chronic inflammatory complaints that affect the osteoarticular apparatus, gynaecological and peripheral circle.
The complex mechanism of the thermal waters acts with an anti-inflammatory action and intervenes on some parameters of calcium metabolism, favoring the slowing down of the degenerative complaints of articular cartilage.
The thermal mud of Salsomaggiore is rich in mineral substances. It comes from the same wells of water extraction and for its very high salt content is called hypertonic. Devoid of living bacterial flora, it is brown in colour and presents physical qualities of exceptional plasticity and thermostability. It is used for therapeutic purposes as a support to the bath because it accentuates the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effectiveness of the water and strengthens its rehabilitation aspect, restoring and improving motor function.
TERME ZOJA – SALSOMAGGIORE
TERME RESPIGHI – TABIANO
Reservations required
by calling
Toll Free 800 861 385 or n. 0524 582 611 ( Zoja ) - n. 0524.564111 ( Respighi )
or by mail to info@termest.it
Thermal establishments
TERME ZOJA
Parco Mazzini - 43039 Salsomaggiore (PR) Tel. +39 0524 582 768 - info@termest.it - Toll Free 800 861385
TERME RESPIGHI
Viale alle Terme - 43039 Tabiano - Salsomaggiore (PR) Tel. +39 0524 564 111 - info@termest.it - Toll Free 800 861385
Healthcare Organization
Visit and medical assistance to the Spa treatments (prescription visit, assistance and health checks during treatments) are assured to the customers of the Spa by a medical body of thermalist doctors operating in the establishments and in the medical offices of the thermal institutes.
For customers who, during their stay in Salsomaggiore or Tabiano, wish to undergo specialist visits and diagnostic tests or laboratory tests, there is a clinic able to provide services related to various branches of specialist: