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8 unusual facts about SPA


2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round and the 2012 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa in Belgium for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

825th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Roads through Malmedy and Stavelot ran north to Spa, where the First Army headquarters were based along with large supply dumps, while roads through Trois-Ponts, and Stavelot, led westward towards the Meuse river, a strategic objective of the German advance.

Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports

This prototype was entered at the 24 Hours race at Spa in 1948 as a way of testing its durability, and the car won the race outright with drivers St. John Horsfall and Leslie Johnson.

Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast

The Ledengsk Spa Resort in imeni Babushkina uses underground lakes with high concentration of salt.

Nicolas Chamfort

His good looks and ready wit brought him attention; but, though endowed with immense physical strength—Madame de Craon called him "Hercule sous la figure d'Adonis" — he lived so hard that he was glad to have the opportunity to do a cure at Spa when the Belgian minister in Paris, M. van Eyck, invited Chamfort to accompany him to Germany in 1761.

Oberste Heeresleitung

For most of the war, the OHL was headquartered at Spa in Belgium.

Tele2Vision

Tele2 was relatively late in adopting digital television, broadcasting analogue only until early 2006 (the other major distributors, Com Hem, SPA and Canal Digital, had been offering digital television for several years by then).

Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie

His health suffered and he visited Spa, Belgium, but while returning was "struck with a paralytic shock" and while stopping for a few days at Brussels was attacked by a "putrid fever" and died at the age of 51.


2010 GP3 Series season

Other victories were taken by Status Grand Prix's Daniel Morad at Silverstone, Pål Varhaug won the season-opening race in Barcelona and Adrien Tambay won from 27th on the grid at Spa in a wet/dry race.

Adolph Germer

Ironically, his 1916 victory over Carl D. Thompson was made possible by staunch support from the SPA's language federations, many branches of which voted for Germer en bloc, enabling him to defeat the more conservative Thompson.

Alick Maclean

From 1912 to 1935 he conducted the Spa Orchestra at Scarborough.

Bad Boll

In the 19th Century, the spa was acquired by Pastor Johann Christoph Blumhardt who used it as a center for his ministry of healing and evangelism.

Baldassarre Lanci

Lanci also designed the church of Santa Maria della Rosa in the spa town of Chianciano Terme, in today's Province of Siena; Santa Maria della Rosa was built on a central plan; even though it was not finished, the church is notable for the sobriety, and clean lines of its design which culminates in an elegant dome.

Bill Camkin

His son John Camkin, a journalist and broadcaster, who lived in Leamington Spa served on the board of Coventry City and was secretary of the League Managers Association.

Deep water source cooling

The InterContinental Resort and Thalasso-Spa on the island of Bora Bora uses a seawater air conditioning (SWAC) system to air-condition its buildings.

Devica

It is bounded by the spa town on Sokobanja and river Moravica on north, Labukovo on south, road Sokobanja-Labukovo on west, and Galibabinac on east.

Dinsdale Park

In 1829 John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham built the Dinsdale Spa Hotel on his estate to a design by architect Ignatius Bonomi.

Disney Magic

The ship's cabins, lounges, restaurants and spa were to be completely updated in addition to new features including; "Marvel's Avengers Academy", a play area based on Marvel's Avengers characters, the AquaDunk and the AquaLab, consisting of a pool and waterslide that will replace the ship's Mickey Pool.

Ecurie Bonnier

Retaining the Ecurie Suisse yellow livery, but running under the Ecurie Bonnier moniker, the little Lola T210 provided excellent results, with Bonnier taking class wins in the Salzburgring, Anderstorp, Hockenheim and Enna rounds of the European Sportscar Championship (ESC), in addition to second places at Paul Ricard and Spa.

Eforie

In 1928, the spa was renamed Carmen-Sylva, after the pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

She led the government and initiated the construction of a spa in Bad Lauchstädt.

Fairmont St Andrews

The £50 million resort opened in June 2001 as St Andrews Bay Golf Resort & Spa owned by US entrepreneur Don Panoz, as part of the Château Élan Hotels & Resorts consortium.

Friedberg station

On 13 July 1901 the Friedberg–Friedrichsdorf–Bad Homburg line opened; this was part of a line from Bad Nauheim to Wiesbaden, also known as the Bäderbahn (Spa Railway).

Glen Springs Sanitarium

The drillers were disappointed, but, under scientific analysis, the water proved to have greater curative powers than those found at the Nauheim Springs in Germany, the leading spa of the day.

Hacha Grande

The mountain makes up part of the highest mountain range on the island, Los Ajaches, which is designated a Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.

Hula Girls

Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Eri Tokunaga, Yoko Ikezu and Sumiko Fuji, it is based on the real-life event of how a group of enthusiastic girls take on hula dancing to save their small mining village, Iwaki, helping the formation of Joban Hawaiian Center (now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians), which was later to become one of Japan's most popular theme parks.

John Doolittle

This trip included a stop at the Berjaya Beach & Spa Resort on the Malaysian island of Langkawi.

Kaynardzha

After the Balkan Wars, it was ceded by the Kingdom of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Romania along with all of Southern Dobruja; as part of the interwar Durostor County, it was known as Cainargeaua Mică, a translation and adaptation of the older Ottoman Turkish name, Küçük Kaynarca ("small spa place").

Krapina-Zagorje County

The town of Stubica features another thermal spring, the Stubičke toplice ("toplice" means spa).

Krodo

The spa resort of Bad Harzburg advertises itself today using the figure of Krodo as a mascot.

Kurhaus of Meran

The ornate structure was constructed at a time when Meran became a popular spa resort due to the frequent visits of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and the aristocracy.

Landolin Ohmacht

His principal works are: “The Judgment of Paris,” in the royal garden at Munich; the statue of Neptune at Münster, and that of Desaix between Kehl and Strasburg; the mausoleum of the emperor Rudolph in the cathedral of Spa; the statue of Luther at Weissenburg, and that of “Venus leaving her Bath,” which is regarded as his masterpiece.

Legionella gresilensis

Legionella gresilensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, catalase-positive, non-spore-forming bacterium with a polar flagellum from the genus of Legionella which was isolated from a shower from thermal spa water in France from the city Gréoux-les-Bains.

Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart

## William, born 7 November 1810; died 17 March 1886; married, first, at Leamington Spa, 13 September 1838, Anna Maria Jane, third daughter of Edward Adolphus, eleventh Duke of Somerset, K.G., by whom he had issue ; she died 23 September 1873.

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

The Forbes Five-Star spa, one of only three in Hong Kong, draws on the established Asian healing philosophies of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, offering a Vichy Shower, Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations, and Hong Kong’s first authentic Ayurvedic sanctuary.

Marcel A. Hugues

On 7 March 1918, he was appointed to command of Escadrille Spa95 ('Spa' meaning Spad).

Maurizio Chiarini

In 1999, he became the Managing Director of Agea SpA and on 28 April 2005 the Board of Directors of Hera Group appointed him CEO, a post he still holds.

Megan Wants a Millionaire

Rob tells them that almost no one besides Bill Gates and Warren Buffett could afford this spa, and that he doubts they would fund it.

New Age communities

Hot Springs, Arkansas - Spa City, also known as "Valley of the Vapors", an ancient gathering place of North, Central and South American tribes.

Opera Saratoga

Since 1998, Lake George Opera's performance base has been the Spa Little Theater at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Pierre Daura

Rockbridge Baths, Virginia is a small village in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, near Lexington, named after the warm springs once used as a spa there.

Queen's Park, Glasgow

The park was acquired in 1857 and was designed by the world renowned Sir Joseph Paxton, also responsible for noted public parks in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead and the grounds of the Spa Buildings at Scarborough.

Rani Spas

Rani Spas is a multi-channel Ayurvedic spa and retail product company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Manhattan, New York.

Robert O'Hara Burke

Towards the end of 1847 he suffered health problems and went to Recoaro spa in northern Italy, then Grafenberg and finally Aachen before resigning from the Austrian army in June 1848 after charges against him relating to debts and absence without leave were dropped.

Saratoga Spa State Park

The park is also home to the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, the Saratoga Automobile Museum, the Lincoln Mineral Baths and Spa, and the Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa.

Schlangenbad

Rheumatic and other inflammatory illnesses are treated at the spa.

Special Protection Area

A Special Protection Area (SPA) is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.

St John's Catholic School for the Deaf

Boston Spa was the only school in England that used a signed language other than British Sign Language which is Belgian Sign Language introduced from Brussels by the two Daughters of Charity.

Stadtschloss, Wiesbaden

During the Renaissance the city became a notable spa town, and Philipp Ludwig III commissioned construction of a New City Palace, completed in 1599.

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

Taeko's friend Aya (Chikage Awashima) gets Taeko to lie to her husband that her niece, Setsuko (Keiko Tsushima), is ill to go to a spa with a couple of friends.

The Mercer Hotel

Also owned by André Balazs Properties are the Standard Hotels, including The Standard, Hollywood; The Standard, Downtown LA; The Standard Spa, Miami Beach; The Standard, High Line and the newest addition, The Standard, East Village.

The PuLi Hotel and Spa

The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai, between NanJing West Road and Yan An Road.

The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses

The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses is a ten-part television series presented and co-produced by nutritionist Amanda Hamilton on UK Style TV related to Embarrassing Bodies.

Therma Ikarias

The three springs currently in operation in the spa town of Therma (located 3 km East of Agios Kirykos port and 12 km from the island's airport) have a water temperature ranging between 45 and 52.8 degrees celsius (113–127 Fahrenheit).

Turčianske Teplice

The recuperative abilities of the spa were first studied by the University of Halle medical student Jan Lisschoviny.

Voineasa, Vâlcea

Situated on the valley of the Lotru River, the commune is also a spa resort, with a Communist-era hotel dominating the locality, as well as several other tourist facilities.

Watering place

spa resort, a residential facility primary intended for spa-goers

White Wells

White Wells is a spa bath situated on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England.


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