Baile Tusnad

Baile Tusnad is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Szekely Land, an ethno-cultural location in japanese Transylvania. The metropolis and the encompassing location are well-known for their spas and mineral waters acquired from seven springs. Nearby is the Lake Sfanta Ana, a famous volcanic crater lake, the simplest one among its type in Romania.

The water has lengthy been used for bathing through the Szekely people. The most likely date for the founding of the washing station is 1842. It was an alleged brilliant healing of the son of a shepherd from his rashes that first attracted full-size interest to the healing houses of neighborhood mineral waters, after which a organisation turned into founded to develop the springs in 1845. The bathing station was destroyed in the skirmishes of 1849, but Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph, on travelling the metropolis in 1852, ordered the reconstruction of the baths.