The word “spa” traces its origin to a town near Liege in southeast Belgium in the Ardennes near the German border where a spring of chalybeate (iron salts) water is found. Its fame dates from the year 1326 when an iron master of the town of Collin le Loupe, having heard of a fountain in the woods with the health-given properties, went there in hopes of finding a cure for his ailments. His hopes were rewarded; he was cured. To show his gratitude for this miraculous restoration of health, he founded at the spring or fountain as it was called, a health resort which has since become one of the most fashionable watering places in the world