Landscape and Architecture in Montecatini Terme
The SPA (“Bagni Regi”) of Montecatini Terme has reached its peak during the ‘20s, when the Liberty style, somewhere also called Art Noveau, and that’s when incredibile palaces have been built in Montecatini Terme.
Tamerici building, as well as the Town Hall palace; from the Excelsior terme palace to the marvellous Tettuccio, candidate for World Unesco Heritage, up to the Regina palace.
The Architect Claudia Massi has best described the artwork of architects and landscapers who definitely contributed to realize Montecatini Terme as we see it now, comparing the actual sights to aged and evocative pictures or paintings.
Decorative elegance and strong linearity, together with decorations imitating plants and flowers: that’s what French Art Noveau brought to Italy, Tuscany and expecially to Montecatini Terme. The candidacy to World Unesco Heritage originates from this peculiarity, as Beatrice Chelli, coordinating the committee since 2009, may well underline during the Book presentation at the Off-site-Expo to be held at the Chiostri Umanitaria in Milan, Via Daverio 7 at 3pm on Friday 28th August.
