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An important section is the one gathering some remains of
the Roman age. They are materials that have been dug out of
a big cistern and of the big thermal structure that is still
under excavation in the Mezzomiglio area. The annual excavation
campaigns the Arizona University has been undertaking here
are bringing to light an extraordinary structure, made of
a big basin that should be surrounded by a portico, whose
floor was realised with tiles bearing the consular seal of
the 114 A. C. According to the tradition, this is the place
where the poet Horace should come to benefit by the therapeutic
qualities of Chianciano waters, under suggestion of the doctor
Antonio Musa, who was particularly famous cause he had cured
the emperor August.
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