Sunday, June 30, 2013

Hall of the Five Waters

Another sad comparison about how the building of the “Terme del Corallo” once was and how it is now. The “Sala delle cinque acque” (Hall of the five waters) was used to pour water from five different sources for the patrons of the spa. The names of the sources were: Sovrana, Corallo, Corzia, Preziosa and Vittoria.
Vintage postcard, Hall of the five waters, Terme del Corallo, Livorno
The hall with the five ornate basins in a 1905 postcard

Hall of the five waters, Terme del Corallo, Livorno
The same hall in June 2013

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)
Search labels: spa - postcard
See also: The Waters of Health - The Beauty of Decay - Parco delle Terme - The Waters of Health: Hallway - Spa Terrace

10 comments:

Randy said...

What a shame. It was so beautiful.

Jack said...

Oh, no! This is too painful for words.

Dina said...

Oi.
I wonder who made off with the basins.

Hilda said...

Oh my, this is almost painful to see.

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Such a fabulous "then and now" photo. Wouldn't it be lovely to do one with a restored hallway! We can hope and dream!

cieldequimper said...

Eeek. Too sad.

I think I might have liked Preziosa...

Gunn said...

Sad:(

Arianna said...

La bellezza sparita. E' il regresso, bellezza :( Arianna

Traveling Hawk said...

Such a waste!

Gemma Wiseman said...

Amazing how once such a beautiful interior has suffered such devastating decay! There is a strange beauty in the art of decay but also a sadness, a loneness.