Current name: Sorgara Park
Original name: Sorgara Springs

City: Castrocaro Terme e Terre del Sole (FC)
District: Sorgara
Address: via Savelli

Year of construction: 1924
Designer:
Client: Michele Savelli
Architectural style: Eclecticism with references to Classicism

Visiting interior: no

“Sorgara” Park is a suggestive place where the ferruginous waters of the Rio Petra flow, which have always been appreciated for their important therapeutic properties.

It was 1924 when a new drinking establishment was inaugurated in the Sorgara area which used three different types of mineral waters called “Salutare”, “Gigliola” and “Ferruginosa”, respectively a chlorinated-sodium water, strong magnesium, pleasant purgative, which soon proved to be effective in chronic enterocolitis, liver disease and obesity; a chlorinated-sodium water, weak magnesium, effective in some diseases of the stomach, intestine and metabolism and, finally, the ancient martial water, effective for the treatment of anemia, chlorosis and organic deterioration. The springs were discovered by Michele Savelli, a citizen of Modigliana residing in Castrocaro who, since 1919, had enthusiastically dedicated himself to the search for this ancient and abandoned aquifer, known since the beginning of the 19th century and subsequently put on the market after a series of analyzes carried out by the University of Bologna.

The access to the park is marked by an old metal sign. Beyond the gate, which regulates access, there is a small temple that displays the inscription ‘NUOVE SORGENTI – NATURAL MINERAL WATERS SPRINGING’ on the front. The temple, with its classical appearance, features a portico with two circular columns and two square columns. Inside, a simple white basin collects the waters that flow from several taps. On the wall, there is a ceramic with the coat of arms of the Savelli family.