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Voor een optimale ervaring met deze website is het aan te raden om over te stappen naar een modernere verie of installeer Google Chrome Frame Press release │Photos and took place from 31 January to 2 February 2023 The delegation included Laurent Levi-Strauss who for personal emergencies had to cancel his trip to Romania at the very last moment but contributed online to the mission the delegation had the support of Oana Chirila which nominated the Neptune Baths to the 7 Most Endangered programme 2022 General Manager of the National Institute of Heritage and her team; EIB Jaspers Programme managers at the European Investment Bank office in Bucharest; Csilla Hegedus Secretary of State and representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Investments and European Projects the delegation visited the Neptune Baths to examine first-hand the state of the building and its surroundings and to evaluate the risks that affect it Cultural Inspector and other representatives of the Municipality of Băile Herculane The need for urgent action to save it justifies the decision by Europa Nostra, with the support of EHTTA, to put this historic thermal site on the list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2022 which form the central piece of the thermal urban ensemble of the historical town of Baile Herculane this Romanian city will recuperate its past splendour and ensure its prosperous future through the use of its cultural heritage as a source of sustainable social and economic development The recent approval of Baile Herculane as EHTTA member which will be confirmed at the next General Assembly of this European network in May 2023 in Baden bei Wien (Austria) will help to further enhance the importance of this site among others through its participation in the European Cultural Route and through EHTTA role as Affiliate Member of the UNWTO The delegation is preparing the mission report which will be submitted to the nominator and all relevant national The 2014 Petzl Rock Trip across Eastern Europe started last week Stage one took place in Romania at Baile Herculane Baile Herculane has been reputed for its hot springs since ancient Roman times Hercules’ town has the most limestone cliffs in the country there are 21 bolted crags which are easily accessible from Herculane The area offers a great example of traditional Romanian life and climbers will have the privilege of discovering this culture For more on stage one of the Petzl Roc Trip in Romania. The Petzl Roc Trip will have 10 stops (basecamps) along the way from Romania to Turkey: In Romania they stopped in Baile We will have updates as they become available Get the digital edition of Gripped for your chosen platform: The Băile Neptun resort, located in Băile Herculane, Romania, is the site of local lore and has a history dating back to 153 AD when Roman aristocracy would visit the town to bathe in its healing waters. Legend also has it that Roman hero and god Hercules stopped by the rivers that flow through the area to bathe and soak in the region's healing hot water springs Multiple statues of Hercules have been found throughout the village and although this myth has no way to be proven it does give insight into the rich cultural history of Băile Herculane the town itself is also falling into disrepair dissuading tourists from visiting the once-famous spa town Read more: 35 haunting photos of what abandoned buildings look like from the inside that will give you the chills Here are 24 photos that show the abandoned and crumbling Băile Herculane resort where Hercules and Austrian royalty reportedly once visited Source: Roman Robroek Source: Herculane Project Source: Travel Guide Romania Source: Fox News Source: The Strait Times Source: Vice Source: News.ro Beautiful locations blend with traditional and modern treatments at this pick of great value spas from Iceland to Sardinia• 30 best UK spas Caitlin Dalton is editor of the Good Spa Guide website The former Hungarian Herkulesfürdő (now Băile Herculane meaning Hercules Baths) is in a terrible state the Romanian authorities have been trying to find out who was responsible for the collapse of the spa Átlátszó.hu found the last Hungarian report about Herkulesfürdő from 1940. “To give a quantitative sense of the devastation taking place in Herkulesfürdő, it must be said that half of the 50 buildings on the Ministry of Culture’s list of monuments are in a state of extreme dilapidation,” Átlátszó writes. They add that the buildings are not just in a bad state The overall decline of the resort is largely the result of privatisation under the government of Adrian Năstase (PSD) in 2001. The article explains that after the Romanian state took over the spa after WWI the government led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) decided in 2001 to sell the facility to companies that had nothing to do with spa tourism but excellent political connections “PSD officials have made no effort at all to renovate a whole series of historical monuments that have fallen into their hands but have allowed them to fall into ruin,” the article revealed when their company was already completely in debt they have been disposing of a series of properties which have fallen into the hands of all kinds of private and legal entities spas and even some outbuildings have been investigated in recent years by the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) A kind of ‘micro-society’ populated by businessmen to the dissipation and monetisation of this wealth Not for historical or preservationist reasons but because the natural environment and thermal waters of the place continue to attract tourists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Lvj2toSms and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved