Student: Sandra
The myth says that the healing effect of the local wather was discovered by Roman legion.Evidence of their visits to the Region is visible in the inscription on the castle rock in Trencin.You can find the inscription dating back to 179 in the Tatra Hotel.The story is that the romanīs horses were so tired that they could go no further.A troop of second legion,800 men led by Maximianus,had to rest for a couple of days.The camp site was to the north of the place where the moutain range met the river Vagus and where a ford intersected the East-West Passage.Whilst resting,the Romans discovared that the water was hot and dug out some holes into the riverside so the water could collect into them.That is how the 1 bath-balneum was formed.The horses and men refreshed themselves,old injusies stopped aching and the town of Piestany was born.By the way,people still used to have baths in the riverside bath holes at the beginning of the 20th century.
What you get in Piestany is not manufactured,it is Godīs gift faciliated by Piestany.The healing and strengthening effect of the water is used in hydrotherapy-either in baths or pools.The temperature,timing and depth of the bath are adjusted to the needs of a patient.Mud wraps are applied to all parts of body depending on the needs of a patient.If you need you could také advantage of the hydrotherapeutic procedures for instance underwa-ter massage-high pressure water jets.They have also got Scottish jet-hot and cold water jets to tense and relax the nerves in the body.Piestany will cure or improve your condition,but Piestany is for everyone who wants to relax, regenerate and wants to find harmony.