San Pellegrino Terme , Italy

意大利，圣佩萊格里諾

圣佩萊格里諾是意大利北部貝加莫省的一個小鎮，位于倫巴第大區，有 5000 個居民，距離米蘭70 公里。

    圣佩萊格里諾位于Brembana 山谷的中心，四周被Orobie山包圍，是一個著名健康療養度假區和居住區，由于生產礦泉水圣佩萊格里諾而世界知名。

   圣佩萊格里諾由凱爾特人建立，在公元八世紀時定名，當時Auxerre主教駐扎于查理曼大帝在圣佩萊格里諾的專門議會。

    圣佩萊格里諾屬于威尼斯共和國統治之下350 多年(1428 -1797年)，在十八世紀后期成為溫泉療養區，受益于其硫酸-堿性水，恒定的溫度為 26 度。

    20 世紀，小鎮成為了一個優雅的水療勝地。小鎮的名氣隨著1904 年大賭場和1905 年大酒店的建成而飆升。這兩個富麗堂皇的建筑是意大利新藝術風格的代表作。

    賭場直到 1917 年一直作為單純的賭場經營，但同時也主辦了很多戲劇和文化活動、 各種會議、 時裝表演、 藝術展覽和演出晚會。

    到目前為止它已被完全恢復，并延長了相鄰的劇院。目前用于會議、 活動和大型展會。

    大飯店定位于高級社會階層。顧客包括薩沃伊國王和王子、作家如諾貝爾獎得主Eugenio Montale和薩爾瓦托雷卡西莫多，演員和運動員。每年圣佩萊格里諾和大酒店都成為當時世界上最強大的足球俱樂部Inter FC的避暑勝地。

    圣佩萊格里諾溫泉水療中心是20世紀早期新藝術風格典范，配備了最先進的醫療設備，發電工程和組織結構。

    最近圣佩萊格里諾溫泉水療中心進行了全面翻新，每年接待超過 15 萬人次，高品質的服務和美麗的景觀做到了世界級水準。

    圣佩萊格里諾位于 Val Brembana的中央，是冬季登山的極好起點，附近幾個滑雪場都有適合夏天遠足的山徑。圣佩萊格里諾距離米蘭只有一個小時車程，便于歐洲各地的游客抵達附近的貝加莫國際機場（距離 25 公里）。該機場是最重要的意大利樞紐，直飛 100 個歐洲城市，每年運送 1000 萬名旅客。

    San Pellegrino Terme is a town of 5,000 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, in Northern Italy at 70 km from Milan.

    Located at the center of the Brembana Valley and surrounded by the foothills of the Orobie, is a renowned health resort care and residence, known worldwide because of the mineral water, San Pellegrino.

    Founded by the Celts, named San Pellegrino just in the eighth century AD when the bishops to Charlemagne's devoted service councils in San Pellegrino, Bishop of Auxerre, martyr.

    Remained under Venetian rule for 350 years (1428-1797), San Pellegrino in the late XVIII century develops as spa, sulphate-alkaline-earthy thanks to the waters that flow at a constant temperature of 26 degrees, known since the middle ages.

    In the 20th century, particularly during the Belle Epoque, the town is transformed into an elegant Spa. The fame of the town increased with the building of the municipal Casino in 1904 and the Grand Hotel in 1905, two splendid buildings among the finest examples of Art Nouveau style in Italy.

    The Casino operated as a gambling house only until 1917, but has always hosted theatrical and cultural events, congresses, fashion shows, art exhibitions and gala evenings.

    To date it has been completely restored and extended by a wing Theatre adjacent to it, the complex is now used for meetings, events and conferences.

    The Grand Hotel was intended for a high social class so much that among the guests include Kings and Princes of the House of Savoy, writers such as Nobel prizes Eugenio Montale and Salvatore Quasimodo, actors and sportsmen, so that for every year 60 San Pellegrino and the Grand Hotel were the summer retreat of the Inter FC, at that time the strongest Football Club in the world.

    The Spa of San Pellegrino Terme was an Art Nouveau buildings in the early 1900 was equipped with State of the art facilities under the medical aspect, plant engineering and organizational.

    Completely refurbished in recent times, today recorded over 150,000 visitors a year, strengthened by the high quality of its services and the beautiful liberty context make it a world-class centre.

    Set in the middle of Val Brembana, San Pellegrino is an excellent starting point for mountain hikes in winter due to several ski resorts nearby that summer with kilometers of hiking trails. Within only an hour's drive from Milan, San Pellegrino is handy for tourists from all over Europe thanks to the nearby international airport of Bergamo (place at 25 km), the most important Italian stopover for flights connected with 100 locations throughout Europe, which registers more than 10 million passengers a year.