3-077-883 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Aix-Les-Bains and its neighbourhood, visited by the Queen, 1890. 'L'Arc de Campanus; Place d'Aix; Chateau de Bordeau; Place de l'Etablissement; Chaise à Porteurs...It is expected that the Queen will take the baths at the Etablissement - formerly she had one of the "masseuses" or rubbers, to attend her at the villa...her Majesty will not be carried to the Etablissement in the ordinary "chaise à porteur," but in a very elaborate Sedan chair of the style of Louis XIV., prepared expressly for her service...The stationary population of the town may be six or seven thousand, but it is more than doubled by visitors in the season. As a place of medicinal waters, the name of Aix, a corruption of "Aquae," attests the esteem in which it was held by the Romans, and some ruins of their temples, arches, tombs, and baths are still extant...In 1772, King Amadeus III. of Sardinia erected here a grand establishment for the baths. This was...completely rebuilt thirty years ago...The appliances for hydropathic treatment, chiefly by douches and the system of "massage," are nowhere so perfect...For the cure of gout, rheumatism, and kindred diseases, the waters are most efficacious...Our Illustrations show a few of the picturesque scenes around Aix-les-Bains'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.