Cestona in the origins of Basque thermalism (1776-1833). The establishment of a bathhouse in Guipúzcoa
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https://doi.org/10.17561/at.v0i6.2807Keywords:
hermalism, spa, mineral waters, property rights, capital investment, competition, Cestona, Basque Country, SpainAbstract
Cestona was the first spa that was created in the Basque Country and indeed, the only one that still exists. It belongs to the first generation of bathhouses that were founded in Spain in the second half of the 18th Century in response to the administration’s efforts to commercialize the mineral waters of the country. Therefore, through this case study we intend to analyze the difficulties which spas had to face around such issues as the definition of water property rights, capital investment, and the demand or competition from other players in the emerging market of the mineral Waters industry in Spain in general and in the Basque Country in particular.
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