Spa, Belgium

Some springs contain dissolved mineral substances that since ancient times have been considered beneficial to health. The spring pictured here is in the town of Spa, eastern Belgium, where mineral waters have been valued since Roman times and which gave its name to any town with curative mineral springs.

Ron Giling/Hutchison Library

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Wallonia; Spring (water); Spa

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