El viejo balneario
The burga of Pontevea is located near Santiago. It consists in a source with pipe that goes to a circular pond. The neighbours had a local priest that, knowing the properties of the water, built a bathhouse (now in ruins), and next to it a fountain and a pool so that the poor could benefit from them.
At that time the fountain was for public use but with the death of the priest his family took over with it claiming to privatize the spa. The village filed a lawsuit over ownership of the source and won. The installation of the pipeline line Vigo-A Coruña, barely 20 meters, cut the vein that supplied water to the source. The neighbors pressured to carry out the work necessary for its restitution.
The waters of this hot source are sodium-sulfur and chlorides, comes out with a temperature of 15 º C and are basically used in rheumatic diseases, skin, eyes, and as a drink for liver diseases.
El viejo balneario
The burga of Pontevea is located near Santiago. It consists in a source with pipe that goes to a circular pond. The neighbours had a local priest that, knowing the properties of the water, built a bathhouse (now in ruins), and next to it a fountain and a pool so that the poor could benefit from them.
At that time the fountain was for public use but with the death of the priest his family took over with it claiming to privatize the spa. The village filed a lawsuit over ownership of the source and won. The installation of the pipeline line Vigo-A Coruña, barely 20 meters, cut the vein that supplied water to the source. The neighbors pressured to carry out the work necessary for its restitution.
The waters of this hot source are sodium-sulfur and chlorides, comes out with a temperature of 15 º C and are basically used in rheumatic diseases, skin, eyes, and as a drink for liver diseases.