MONTECATINI  , two much-frequented

mineral baths of Tuscany, Italy . (1) Montecatini in Val di Cecina, in the province of Pisa, 5 M . W. of Volterra . Pop . (Igor), 5009 . The water is saline, with a temperature of 78.8° F . There are copper mines, which have been worked since the 15th century, 1358 ft. above sea-level . (2) Montecatini in Val di Nievole, in the province of Lucca, 7 M . W. by S. of Pistoja, 105 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1901), 3048 (Bagni di Montecatini); 2856 (Montecatini) . The springs, which number ten, are saline, and range in temperature from 82.4° to 86° F .

The water is both drunk and used for bathing by some 40,000 visitors annually, and is exported in bottles . There is also a natural vapour

bath (8o°—95° F.) in the Grotta Giusti (so-called from the satirist Giuseppe Giusti, a native of the place), at Monsummano near by, discovered in 1849 . Another attraction of the place is the gardens of Collodi . At the town of Montecatini, on the hill above (951 ft.), the Florentines were defeated by Uguccione della Faggiuola of Pisa in 1315 .