Govora Baths Spa Park / Parcul Balnear Băile Govora 🇷🇴
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The resort park is the most spiritualized area of the resort, where most of the architectural and commemorative monuments are located, living in perfect symbiosis with those of nature. The most representative sculptural monuments are those of doctors Nicolae Popescu-Zorileanu and Haralambie Botescu, as well as the bust of IC Brătianu - former Prime Minister of Romania.
The spa park covers an area of 20.5 hectares, land that was purchased from the locals of Păuşeşti Otăsău commune by paying sums of money or through exchanges.
This perimeter was the cradle of the Govora spa resort, because here, between 1882 and 1894, the first bathhouse and the first spaces for accommodating patients were built, consisting of three hotels numbered from 1 to 3: "State Hotel No. 1", "State Hotel No. 2", "State Hotel No. 3", of which two still exist today, "State Hotel No. 1", which is preserved in its original appearance, and "State Hotel No. 2" (Villa No. 9 or "Dr. Zorileanu"). In the park area, a "rural military ambulance" was located by military doctor Nicolae Popescu-Zorileanu, consisting of a company of veterans of the 1877 War of Independence, who underwent treatments with the mineral waters of Govora. The forest vegetation in the perimeter was cleared and works were carried out to capture and store mineral waters, works led by the mining engineer Hiranlic Bochet, of French origin, with CM Mironescu as chief engineer.
Near these springs, a first bathhouse was built, along with reservoirs for the extracted mineral waters. At the same time, the three state hotels were built.
At first, the park's layout was brief, with only a few alleys connecting the hotels, the spa and the road to the Păuşeşti commune. The alleys were covered with small river stones and white birch benches were planted here and there. The entrance to the park was through a portal made of the same material on which the words "Băile Govora" were inscribed. This portal was maintained for almost 30 years and was replaced with another one made of iron. The same birch wood was used to make pergolas, ornamental structures placed here and there. In 1923, the birch wood fences were replaced with others made of oak and beech, over a length of 530 m.
Immediately after the entrance, on the left, was well no. 2, one of the first wells dug for the extraction of iodine. It was drilled in the area where the "Johann Klauss & Company" dug wells in search of oil in 1878, wells that were abandoned and handed over to the Govora commune hall.
After 1910, when the "Govora-Călimăneşti Society" was founded, the park experienced a strong revival, being landscaped by the French specialist A. Pinard. The images from the period illustrations show the new appearance of the park with redesigned alleys, floral arrangements in which the word "Govora" could be read, agaves and many species of ornamental shrubs and trees, planted according to scientific criteria. In order to be able to renew the flowers annually and to store sensitive species in the cold season, the "Govora-Călimăneşti Society" arranged a flower greenhouse in the existing location.
In the period after 1955, the park was maintained by a few seasonal workers who were led by the horticultural specialist Constantin Gogâlea. He studied in France and continued the idea of the French precursor. During the period 1930-1950, in collaboration with specialists from the "Forest Progress Society", specially selected floral species of shrubs and trees were planted and acclimatized so that, in addition to the aesthetic aspect, they would contribute to the ionization of the microclimate and the creation of a sanogenic environment, an adjunct to the treatment. The most numerous are the conifer species: spruce, pine (Picea excelsa), larch (Larix deciduas), juniper, planted in the area of the hotels and in abundance chestnut trees (Aescullum hippocastanum) in the area of the former "Bath Facility".
As can be seen from the medical records from 1955-1975, the alleys were marked and numbered, and the doctors indicated the following of certain routes for therapeutic purposes (field cure).
Currently, the spa park has been rehabilitated within a project financed by the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013. The rehabilitation works consisted of: restoring the alleys, public lighting, urban furniture, planting new species of flowers, trees and shrubs. The music kiosk for the brass band, the artesian fountain, the statues were also rehabilitated and an artificial waterfall was arranged in the extension of the artesian fountain as well as a mini-amphitheatre in the open air for various artistic events.
Govora Baths Spa Park / Parcul Balnear Băile Govora 🇷🇴
No edit except for the watermark
www.primaria-govora.ro/parcul-balnear-baile-govora/
The resort park is the most spiritualized area of the resort, where most of the architectural and commemorative monuments are located, living in perfect symbiosis with those of nature. The most representative sculptural monuments are those of doctors Nicolae Popescu-Zorileanu and Haralambie Botescu, as well as the bust of IC Brătianu - former Prime Minister of Romania.
The spa park covers an area of 20.5 hectares, land that was purchased from the locals of Păuşeşti Otăsău commune by paying sums of money or through exchanges.
This perimeter was the cradle of the Govora spa resort, because here, between 1882 and 1894, the first bathhouse and the first spaces for accommodating patients were built, consisting of three hotels numbered from 1 to 3: "State Hotel No. 1", "State Hotel No. 2", "State Hotel No. 3", of which two still exist today, "State Hotel No. 1", which is preserved in its original appearance, and "State Hotel No. 2" (Villa No. 9 or "Dr. Zorileanu"). In the park area, a "rural military ambulance" was located by military doctor Nicolae Popescu-Zorileanu, consisting of a company of veterans of the 1877 War of Independence, who underwent treatments with the mineral waters of Govora. The forest vegetation in the perimeter was cleared and works were carried out to capture and store mineral waters, works led by the mining engineer Hiranlic Bochet, of French origin, with CM Mironescu as chief engineer.
Near these springs, a first bathhouse was built, along with reservoirs for the extracted mineral waters. At the same time, the three state hotels were built.
At first, the park's layout was brief, with only a few alleys connecting the hotels, the spa and the road to the Păuşeşti commune. The alleys were covered with small river stones and white birch benches were planted here and there. The entrance to the park was through a portal made of the same material on which the words "Băile Govora" were inscribed. This portal was maintained for almost 30 years and was replaced with another one made of iron. The same birch wood was used to make pergolas, ornamental structures placed here and there. In 1923, the birch wood fences were replaced with others made of oak and beech, over a length of 530 m.
Immediately after the entrance, on the left, was well no. 2, one of the first wells dug for the extraction of iodine. It was drilled in the area where the "Johann Klauss & Company" dug wells in search of oil in 1878, wells that were abandoned and handed over to the Govora commune hall.
After 1910, when the "Govora-Călimăneşti Society" was founded, the park experienced a strong revival, being landscaped by the French specialist A. Pinard. The images from the period illustrations show the new appearance of the park with redesigned alleys, floral arrangements in which the word "Govora" could be read, agaves and many species of ornamental shrubs and trees, planted according to scientific criteria. In order to be able to renew the flowers annually and to store sensitive species in the cold season, the "Govora-Călimăneşti Society" arranged a flower greenhouse in the existing location.
In the period after 1955, the park was maintained by a few seasonal workers who were led by the horticultural specialist Constantin Gogâlea. He studied in France and continued the idea of the French precursor. During the period 1930-1950, in collaboration with specialists from the "Forest Progress Society", specially selected floral species of shrubs and trees were planted and acclimatized so that, in addition to the aesthetic aspect, they would contribute to the ionization of the microclimate and the creation of a sanogenic environment, an adjunct to the treatment. The most numerous are the conifer species: spruce, pine (Picea excelsa), larch (Larix deciduas), juniper, planted in the area of the hotels and in abundance chestnut trees (Aescullum hippocastanum) in the area of the former "Bath Facility".
As can be seen from the medical records from 1955-1975, the alleys were marked and numbered, and the doctors indicated the following of certain routes for therapeutic purposes (field cure).
Currently, the spa park has been rehabilitated within a project financed by the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013. The rehabilitation works consisted of: restoring the alleys, public lighting, urban furniture, planting new species of flowers, trees and shrubs. The music kiosk for the brass band, the artesian fountain, the statues were also rehabilitated and an artificial waterfall was arranged in the extension of the artesian fountain as well as a mini-amphitheatre in the open air for various artistic events.