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Andare per piscine nelle Terre di Siena

Iniziando da Chianciano Terme, ecco le nuove piscine termali Theia, i bagni degli etruschi, che vanno ad arricchire l’offerta del Sistema Termale Senese. Queste piscine, inaugurate di recente, sorgono adiacenti allo storico centro termale Sillene e comprende sette piscine, suddivise tra interne e esterne.

L’acqua che le alimenta è ricca di anidride carbonica, carbonato di calcio, bicarbonato e solvati, e svolge un’efficace azione antinfiammatoria sul sistema muscolo-scheletrico, e nutritiva per la pelle. Le piscine sono dotate di giochi d’acqua e idromassaggi.

La ricerca del benessere prosegue nella piscina termale di Bagni San Filippo, nel comune di Castiglion d’Orcia, alle piscine del Monte Amiata. L’ampia piscina è alimentata da cascatelle di calda acqua termale, sotto le quali si può godere di un rilassante e benefico idromassaggio naturale. Il tutto è particolarmente suggestivo in inverno, quando il vapore che si alza dalla superficie crea un’atmosfera molto surreale.

A poca distanza, nei pressi della Via Cassia, sorge Bagno Vignoni, nota fin dall’epoca romana per le sue acque termali, che sgorgano dal sottosuolo ad una temperatura di circa 50° C.. A sfruttare le loro proprietà, utilissime per artrosi e reumatismi, sono tre poli termali: l’Hotel Posta Marcucci, l’Adler Thermae, e l’Hotel Le Terme.

Più a nord, nel cuore delle Crete Senesi, la cittadina di Rapolano Terme custodisce due strutture termali: Le Terme Antica Querciolaia, con un sistema di piscine coperte e scoperte alimentate da sorgenti a temperatura differenziata, e le Terme San Giovanni, le cui acque sono particolarmente indicate per trattamenti dell’apparato motorio e respiratorio.

Il comune di San Casciano Bagni ospita il Centro Termale Fonteverde, le cui piscine sono alimentate da ben 42 sorgenti a diverse temperature.

Da non perdere sono anche le Vasche Termali Terapeutiche delle Terme di Petriolo, con acqua ipertermale a 43° C.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Above: The view from Panzano in Chianti.

I’ve spent the better part of my day reading up on all the literature devoted to the origins of the place name Chianti.

Chianti is what is known in toponomastics (the study of place names) as a choronym (Greek for chorus name), in other words, a place name that refers to a number of different places in the same general area.

In the early twentieth century, two theories as to its origins emerged.

On the one hand, scholars have speculated that it came from the Etruscan clante or clanti (the Etruscans were the ancient people who inhabited Italy before the rise of the Roman Empire).

It means step son, god son, or adoptive son in Etruscan. In turn, it comes from the Etruscan clan which means son.

The other theory, which few take seriously, is that it comes from the Latin clango, meaning to clang. The idea would be that Chianti got its name from the sound of cowbells worn by the ubiquitous livestock there — a thesis nearly impossible to support and easily discredited.

But after enough digging around the internets, I found the site of Massimo Pittau, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Etruscan language and the history of the Italian language.

He has proposed that Chianti comes from the Etruscan Ciante, which was pronounced kee-ahn-teh in the ancient language.

Although no one knows its original meaning, it is a well-documented aristocratic family name that can be found in at least two major inscriptions in Tuscany from the Etruscan era.

Because we know that the Etruscans grew grapes and made wine in Chianti, writes Pittau on his website, it’s highly probable that the Ciante family owned vineyards there.

Philology is and has always been an inexact science. And as with any etymological research, it’s practically impossible to arrive at a definitive, water-tight answer.

But Pittau’s theory seems — at least to me, a trained philologist myself — the most tenable.

In my view, the value of this type of research is not the final answer but rather the process that leads to an answer — even when there is none.

Thanks for reading…

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Above: The view from Panzano in Chianti.

I’ve spent the better part of my day reading up on all the literature devoted to the origins of the place name Chianti.

Chianti is what is known in toponomastics (the study of place names) as a choronym (Greek for chorus name), in other words, a place name that refers to a number of different places in the same general area.

In the early twentieth century, two theories as to its origins emerged.

On the one hand, scholars have speculated that it came from the Etruscan clante or clanti (the Etruscans were the ancient people who inhabited Italy before the rise of the Roman Empire).

It means step son, god son, or adoptive son in Etruscan. In turn, it comes from the Etruscan clan which means son.

The other theory, which few take seriously, is that it…

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Andare per piscine nelle Terre di Siena

L’acqua che le alimenta è ricca di anidride carbonica, carbonato di calcio, bicarbonato e solvati, e svolge un’efficace azione antinfiammatoria sul sistema muscolo-scheletrico, e nutritiva per la pelle. Le piscine sono dotate di giochi d’acqua e idromassaggi.

Il comune di San Casciano Bagni ospita il Centro Termale Fonteverde, le cui piscine sono alimentate da ben 42 sorgenti a diverse temperature.

Da non perdere sono anche le Vasche Termali Terapeutiche delle Terme di Petriolo, con acqua ipertermale a 43° C.

Chianti: A new and more tenable theory for the origin of the name

Above: The view from Panzano in Chianti.

I’ve spent the better part of my day reading up on all the literature devoted to the origins of the place name Chianti.

Chianti is what is known in toponomastics (the study of place names) as a choronym (Greek for chorus name), in other words, a place name that refers to a number of different places in the same general area.

In the early twentieth century, two theories as to its origins emerged.

On the one hand, scholars have speculated that it came from the Etruscan clante or clanti (the Etruscans were the ancient people who inhabited Italy before the rise of the Roman Empire).

It means step son, god son, or adoptive son in Etruscan. In turn, it comes from the Etruscan clan which means son.

The other theory, which few take seriously, is that it comes from the Latin clango, meaning to clang. The idea would be that Chianti got its name from the sound of cowbells worn by the ubiquitous livestock there — a thesis nearly impossible to support and easily discredited.

But after enough digging around the internets, I found the site of Massimo Pittau, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Etruscan language and the history of the Italian language.

He has proposed that Chianti comes from the Etruscan Ciante, which was pronounced kee-ahn-teh in the ancient language.

Although no one knows its original meaning, it is a well-documented aristocratic family name that can be found in at least two major inscriptions in Tuscany from the Etruscan era.

Because we know that the Etruscans grew grapes and made wine in Chianti, writes Pittau on his website, it’s highly probable that the Ciante family owned vineyards there.

Philology is and has always been an inexact science. And as with any etymological research, it’s practically impossible to arrive at a definitive, water-tight answer.

But Pittau’s theory seems — at least to me, a trained philologist myself — the most tenable.

In my view, the value of this type of research is not the final answer but rather the process that leads to an answer — even when there is none.

Thanks for reading…

Andare per piscine nelle Terre di Siena

L’acqua che le alimenta è ricca di anidride carbonica, carbonato di calcio, bicarbonato e solvati, e svolge un’efficace azione antinfiammatoria sul sistema muscolo-scheletrico, e nutritiva per la pelle. Le piscine sono dotate di giochi d’acqua e idromassaggi.

Il comune di San Casciano Bagni ospita il Centro Termale Fonteverde, le cui piscine sono alimentate da ben 42 sorgenti a diverse temperature.

Da non perdere sono anche le Vasche Termali Terapeutiche delle Terme di Petriolo, con acqua ipertermale a 43° C.

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Above: The view from Panzano in Chianti.

I’ve spent the better part of my day reading up on all the literature devoted to the origins of the place name Chianti.

Chianti is what is known in toponomastics (the study of place names) as a choronym (Greek for chorus name), in other words, a place name that refers to a number of different places in the same general area.

In the early twentieth century, two theories as to its origins emerged.

On the one hand, scholars have speculated that it came from the Etruscan clante or clanti (the Etruscans were the ancient people who inhabited Italy before the rise of the Roman Empire).

It means step son, god son, or adoptive son in Etruscan. In turn, it comes from the Etruscan clan which means son.

The other theory, which few take seriously, is that it comes from the Latin clango, meaning to clang. The idea would be that Chianti got its name from the sound of cowbells worn by the ubiquitous livestock there — a thesis nearly impossible to support and easily discredited.

But after enough digging around the internets, I found the site of Massimo Pittau, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Etruscan language and the history of the Italian language.

He has proposed that Chianti comes from the Etruscan Ciante, which was pronounced kee-ahn-teh in the ancient language.

Although no one knows its original meaning, it is a well-documented aristocratic family name that can be found in at least two major inscriptions in Tuscany from the Etruscan era.

Because we know that the Etruscans grew grapes and made wine in Chianti, writes Pittau on his website, it’s highly probable that the Ciante family owned vineyards there.

Philology is and has always been an inexact science. And as with any etymological research, it’s practically impossible to arrive at a definitive, water-tight answer.

But Pittau’s theory seems — at least to me, a trained philologist myself — the most tenable.

In my view, the value of this type of research is not the final answer but rather the process that leads to an answer — even when there is none.

Thanks for reading…

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