Montecatini Terme - Piazza del Popolo

The central feature of the town is the Piazza del Popolo with the Neo-Classical church of Santa Maria Assunta; a little way northwest is the Kursaal. The wide Viale Verdi runs northeast from the Piazza del Popolo to the spa center. At the edge of the large spa park are several thermal baths - to the left the Stabilimento Excelsior, built in 1915 and enlarged in 1968, the Terme Leopoldine (1775; rebuilt 1927) and the Stabilimento Tamerici; at the end of the street is the Stabilimento Tettucio (1927), a large building with fine colonnades. In Viale A. Diaz, opposite the Stabilimento Regina, is the Accademia d'Arte, with a small museum. Northwest of the Stabilimento Tettucio are the smaller houses, the Torrettas and the Rinfresco. At the northeast corner of the spa park is the lower station of the cableway up to Montecatini Alto.