Major renovation of Ciechocinek's brine graduation towers has been completed

The entire graduation tower complex with a brine grotto and viewing terraces is now available to residents and visitors to the Pearl of Kuyavia. A grand opening ceremony is scheduled for May.

"The graduation towers in Ciechocinek are a unique monument of technology, an important architectural element, a destination for walks of patients and ordinary tourists. It is gratifying that residents and our guests from the very beginning of the tourist season will be able to spend time in a unique environment, enjoying the health benefits of brine," Marshal Piotr Całbecki said.  

The renovation included two of the three wooden, blackthorn-covered structures from which the aromatic brine evaporates. The budget for the investment is PLN 22 million, the lion's share of which is made up of European Union aid funds under the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Operational Program 2014-2020 (ROP).  

Brine graduation towers – which were originally devices for the industrial exploitation of underground salt deposits but quickly turned into places for natural inhalation on the grounds of physical medicine fashionable in the 19th century – can be found in many towns in Europe. The ones in Ciechocinek, however, are unique – they are the largest such complex on the Old Continent.

(WBJ)