Bagno Vignoni

Located between the Vignoni Hills and the ravine of the Orcia River, Bagno Vignoni rises among the sweet and rolling moors of the Orcia Valley, in a landscape that gives its visitor a sense of peace and serenity. It is a small spa-town developed at the beginning of the 11th century whose structure, having remained unaltered since that time, has only seen the completed renovation in honor of Pope Pius II, done by Bernardo Rossellino, the affirmed creator of Renaissance Pienza.
The layout of the town, with homes, inns , and the Church of San Giovanni Battista, is developed around a large rectangular pool, containing the famous sulfuric waters that flow from the spring at the benevolent temperature of 52° C. All is structured in a way that the waters surpass a colonnade bridge and reach the thermal baths and mills, which are possible to visit today thanks to insertion in the conservation project taken under by the Commune of San Quircio d'Orcia, that is Mulini Park. The sulfurous springs were already famous in Roman times, and its curative virtues are said to have been appreciated by persons of caliber of Lorenzo the Magnificent and even Santa Caterina of Siena, who loved to stay here, and to which are dedicated a portico and a chapel.
Today Bagno Vignoni is an appreciated spa location, and, and even for its natural environmental value in which it is inserted, is protected by the institution of the Natural and Cultural Artistic Park of the Orcia Valley.