Pamukkale Thermal Waters
Water at 35.6 C in Pamukkale (Hierapolis Ancient City); It is recommended for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, rheumatism, rickets, paralysis, skin, eye, nervous system and vascular diseases, vascular inflammation and reyno disease, following the doctor's examination, in accordance with the patient's condition. It is also recommended in the treatment of stomach spasm, diuretic and inflammation, kidney and sand stones when drunk warm. The waters that created the Pamukkale Travertines have made Pamukkale an important and unique place in thermal tourism. The geography where Pamukkale is located has a special structure with the thermal water resources of the Çürüksu (Lykos) Valley. People have used thermal water for therapeutic purposes for thousands of years, and they have built functional and ostentatious baths here. The reputation of Hierapolis stemming from its thermal waters spread to Anatolia during the Roman Period, and the patients came here to find healing. In the city, which has become a medical center with its hot springs, patients have been accommodated temporarily or permanently for treatment purposes. In the Roman necropolis, there are the tombs of the patients who came from outside the city and stayed until the end of their lives. Religious rites were held in ancient times in places where thermal springs were located, festivities were organized with the participation of the public, state administrators and wealthy people preferred this place for treatment. Research shows that treatments are administered by clergy and physicians. The pleasure and happiness of swimming in the thermal waters embraced by historical buildings in the area where the city of Hierapolis is located today is completely different. The waters coming out of the karst areas that create the travertines; The lime solution in its body precipitated as a result of evaporation and the decomposition of carbon dioxide in the water. Limestone tuffs, which are generally white in color and resemble cotton piles, form Pamukkale travertines. The therapeutic feature of Pamukkale thermal water has been understood since ancient times, and its healing quality has been scientifically proven after centuries. Pamukkale, which is on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List and carefully protected, offers its visitors many alternative treatment opportunities with its healing thermal waters.
PAMUKKALE TRAVERTINES: The word travertine comes from the Roman name of Tivoli in Italy, where large travertine deposits are found, "Tivertino". Travertine is a versatile rock that is formed by precipitation as a result of chemical reaction, depending on various reasons and environments. After the thermal water comes out of the spring, 320 m. It comes to the travertine head with a long channel and pours from here to the travertine layers where 60-70 m of precipitation occurs and averages 240-300 m. is making its way. Calcium carbonate precipitates and causes the formation of travertine during the contact of the water with high amount of Calcium Hydrocarbonate in the source at a temperature of 35.6 °C with the oxygen in the air. The precipitate is initially in the form of a gel. Weather conditions, heat loss, spread and duration of the flow are effective in the formation of whiteness. The precipitation continues until the carbon dioxide in the thermal water comes into equilibrium with the carbon dioxide in the air. Reaction Chemically: Ca (HCO3) + O2 --> CaCO+CO2+H2O Travertines are not always in contact with water as seen on cards and brochures. Since the water-filled travertines look more beautiful and pleasant, their photos are usually taken when they are full of water and they are always thought to be full of water. Thermal water is given to the travertines in a controlled manner within a certain program. Thermal water, which is poured into the same place in large quantities and for a long time, causes algae and therefore an unpleasant appearance in white travertine areas. Travertine areas must be dried for certain periods in order to prevent this pollution and to harden the precipitate, which is in the form of gel at the beginning.
