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Spa architecture

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Spa architecture (Kurarchitektur) is the name given to buildings that provide facilities for relaxation, recuperation and health treatment in spas. [1]

48 relations: Aachen, Architect, Architectural style, Architecture, Bad Brückenau, Bad Wildbad, Baden-Baden, Badenweiler, Baiae, Balneology, Baroque, Bath, Somerset, Baths of Caracalla, Baths of Diocletian, Bourgeoisie, Budapest, Cable car, Château de Marly, Christian Zais, Classical antiquity, Crusades, Friedrich Weinbrenner, Funicular, Gulf of Naples, Hot spring, Imperial baths, Kurhaus of Baden-Baden, Louis XIV of France, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Lustschloss, Max Littmann, Middle Ages, Modern architecture, Neoclassicism, New Objectivity (architecture), Observation tower, Paracelsus, Pavilion, Public bathing, Resort architecture, Rotational symmetry, Spa, Spring (hydrology), St. Moritz, Thermae, Thirty Years' War, Tilia, Wiesbaden.

Aachen

Aachen or Bad Aachen, French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle, is a spa and border city.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Architectural style

An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Bad Brückenau

Bad Brückenau is a spa town in Bad Kissingen district in northern Bavaria.

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Bad Wildbad

Bad Wildbad is a town in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town located in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

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Badenweiler

Badenweiler is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland.

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Baiae

Baiae (Baia; Baia) was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, and now in the comune of Bacoli.

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Balneology

Balneology is a branch of medical knowledge focused on the study and practical application of own natural therapeutic methods making use of mineral heal waters, gases and peloides.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla.

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Baths of Diocletian

The Baths of Diocletian (Latin: Thermae Diocletiani, Italian: Terme di Diocleziano) were public baths in ancient Rome, in what is now Italy.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie is a polysemous French term that can mean.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union.

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Cable car

A cable car is any of a variety of cable transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate.

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Château de Marly

The Château de Marly was a relatively small French royal residence located in what has become Marly-le-Roi, the commune that existed at the edge of the royal park.

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Christian Zais

Christian Zais (born 4 March 1770 in Cannstatt - d. 26 April 1820 in Wiesbaden) was a German architect and city planner.

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Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Friedrich Weinbrenner

Friedrich Weinbrenner (24 November 1766 – 1 March 1826) was a German architect and city planner admired for his mastery of classical style.

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Funicular

A funicular is one of the modes of transport, along with a cable railway and an inclined elevator, which uses a cable traction for movement on a steep slope.

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Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples, also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region).

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Hot spring

A hot spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth's crust.

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Imperial baths

Imperial baths were the great bathing establishments built by the Romans during the period of classical antiquity including.

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Kurhaus of Baden-Baden

The Kurhaus is a spa resort, casino, and conference complex in Baden-Baden, Germany in the outskirts of the Black Forest.

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Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria

Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (Prinzregent Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig von Bayern) (12 March 1821 – 12 December 1912), was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, due to the incapacity of his nephews, King Ludwig II for three days and King Otto for 26 years.

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Lustschloss

In Renaissance and Early Modern German architecture, a Lustschloss (maison de plaisance, pleasure palace) is a small palace which served the private pleasure of its owner, usually the ruler of the area it is located in, and was seasonally inhabited as a respite from court ceremonies and state duties.

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Max Littmann

Max Littmann (3 January 1862 – 20 September 1931) was a German architect.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.

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New Objectivity (architecture)

The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety) is a name often given to the Modern architecture that emerged in Europe, primarily German-speaking Europe, in the 1920s and 30s.

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Observation tower

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision for conduct the long distance observations.

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Paracelsus

Paracelsus (1493/4 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and astrologer of the German Renaissance.

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Pavilion

In architecture, a pavilion (from French pavillon, from Latin papilio) has several meanings.

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Public bathing

Public baths originated from a communal need for cleanliness at a time when most people did not have access to private bathing facilities.

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Resort architecture

Resort architecture or Bäder architecture (Bäderarchitektur) is an architectural style that is especially characteristic of spas and seaside resorts on the German Baltic coast.

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Rotational symmetry

Rotational symmetry, also known as radial symmetry in biology, is the property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn.

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Spa

A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is any natural situation where water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface.

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St. Moritz

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Thermae

In ancient Rome, thermae (from Greek θερμός thermos, "hot") and balneae (from Greek βαλανεῖον balaneion) were facilities for bathing.

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.

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Tilia

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa_architecture

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