Terme della Salvarola

Located in Salvarola, a hamlet of Sassuolo in Emilia-Romagna, Terme della Salvarola draws on saline mineral springs known since Roman times and, according to local tradition, visited during the Middle Ages by Matilda of Canossa. In the 18th century, physician Giovanni Battista Moreali of Sassuolo described these waters as "divine", though disputes between the Dukes of Modena and local landowners long delayed their development. The bathing establishment itself was founded only in 1884, enjoying a golden age until the First World War before closing, then reopening in 1958.

Today the site offers four distinct pool types, reflecting the varied composition of its springs: saline-bromine-iodine, sulphurous-saline-bicarbonate-alkaline-earth, sulphurous-bicarbonate-magnesian, and sulphurous-bicarbonate-alkaline-earth. This diversity of mineral profiles, unique in the province of Modena, has made Salvarola a long-standing reference point for thermal bathing in the region, blending Roman-era origins with a distinctly 19th-century spa identity.