HISTORY
The first bathtub dates back to 17 BC, in ancient Greece, specifically in the palace of Knossos in Crete, and was equipped with an incredibly advanced water system for the time.
When contacts between the Greeks and Romans intensified in the third century BC, the bathtub was quickly introduced into the empire.
The concept of immersion in the bathtub was part of a social ritual: it was the last stage of the steam bath and was considered a public activity, a meeting point for prominent people who came to the public baths to talk about politics and culture.
The revolution came centuries later with the invention of the first systems for distributing running water to homes, which allowed the bath to become widespread, coinciding with the gradual disappearance of public baths.
In some eastern countries, such as Japan, public bathing remained a ritualistic and convivial activity for centuries and is still strongly practised in the daily context, like the habits of the ancient Romans.
In terms of structure, while in the early days baths were built of stone or wood, at the beginning of the 19th century the preferred materials were zinc, copper and cast iron, with some models in stone; more rarely sandstone and marble were used.
The weight of these structures varied between 25 kg for those made of zinc, and 130 kg for those made of cast iron or stone.
By the middle of the century, materials such as porcelain and ceramics were introduced, and it is only in more recent times that plastic tubs have appeared.
THE HISTORY OF THE WHIRLPOOL BATH
If the invention of the bathtub cannot be associated with a clear name and surname, the creator of the whirlpool bath is well known: Candido Jacuzzi.
The Jacuzzi family, originally from Friuli but resident in California since 1917, was dedicated until the 1970s to the design of pumps, aeroplanes and propellers.
In 1956, Candido Jacuzzi's youngest son developed severe rheumatoid arthritis.
After noticing that the hydrotherapy sessions that the hospital offered the boy had obvious beneficial effects, his father decided to design the first immersion pump that synthesised the curative effects of hydrotherapy.
It was a bathtub equipped with a pump mechanism that produced massaging bubbles, enabling the boy to continue the hospital's treatments at home.
The invention remained in the family until 1968 when Roy, a third generation member of the Jacuzzi family, realised its potential and designed the first whirlpool bath to be put on the market.
Thus the J-300 was born: a tub with integrated jets and a hydromassage system.
Throughout history, baths have differed in form, material, social function and purpose. Who knows what the baths of the future will look like.
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