Autumn in Spa

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Autumn in Spa

Spa, Belgium. 31.10.2010.

About Spa:

Spa is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Lige. It is situated in a valley in the Ardennes mountain chain, some 35 km (22 miles) southeast of Lige, and 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Aachen. As of 1 January 2006, Spa had a total population of 10,543.

As the famed site of healing hot springs, Spa has been frequented as a watering-place since as early as the 14th century. Though other sources of healing hot mineral springs have become famous throughout the world, it is the town of Spa which has become eponymous with any place having a natural water source that is believed to possess special health-giving properties, as a spa. The place name is from Walloon espa meaning "spring, fountain.

Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa,_Belgium


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