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ABANO BAGNI

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABANO BAGNI  , a See also:town of See also:Venetia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Padua, on the E. slope of the Monti Euganei ; it is 6 m . S.W. by See also:rail from Padua . Pop . (1901) 4556 . Its hot springs and mud See also:baths are much resorted to, and were known to the See also:Romans as Aponi fans or See also:Aquae Patavinae . Some remains of the See also:ancient baths have been discovered (S . Mandruzzato, Trattato dei Bagni d' See also:Abano, Padua, 1789) . An See also:oracle of See also:Geryon See also:lay near, and the so-called sorles Praenestinae (C.I.L. i., See also:Berlin, 1863 ; 1438-1454), small See also:bronze cylinders inscribed, and used as oracles, were perhaps found here in the 16th See also:century .

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