THE STORY
The first bathtub dates back to the 17th century B.C., in ancient Greece, specifically in the palace of Knossos in Crete and was equipped with a plumbing system incredibly advanced for the time.
When in the third century B.C. contacts between Greeks and Romans intensified, the bathtub was rapidly introduced into the empire.
The concept of immersion in the bathtub was part of a social ritual: it was the final stage of the steam bath and was considered a public activity, a meeting point for prominent figures who gathered in public baths to discuss politics and culture.
The revolution occurred centuries later with the invention of the first systems for distributing running water in homes which allowed the spread of bathing on a large scale, coinciding with the gradual disappearance of public baths.
In some eastern countries like Japan the public bath remained for centuries a ritualistic and convivial activity and is still strongly practiced today in the daily context, much like the habits of the ancient Romans.
As regards the structure, if at the beginning tubs were built in 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 in zinc, and 130 kg for those in cast iron or stone.
Towards the middle of the century materials such as porcelain and ceramic were then introduced and only in more recent times did the plastic bathtub appear.
THE STORY OF THE HOT TUB
If the invention of the bathtub cannot be attributed to a clear name and surname, the inventor of the hot tub is well known: Candido Jacuzzi.
The Jacuzzi family, of Friuli origin, but residing in California since 1917, dedicated itself until the Seventies to the design of pumps, airplanes and propellers.
In 1956 Candido Jacuzzi's youngest son developed a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.
After noticing that the hydrotherapy sessions that the hospital offered the boy had evident beneficial effects, the father decided to design the first immersion pump that synthesized the healing effects of hydrotherapy.
It was a bathtub equipped with a pump mechanism that allowed the production of massaging bubbles that gave the boy the possibility to continue the treatments offered by the hospital even at home.
The invention remained for family use until 1968 when Roy, a third-generation member of the Jacuzzi family, sensed its potential and designed the first hot tub to be introduced to the market.
Thus was born the J-300: a tub with integrated jets and a hydromassage system.
```Throughout history, bathtubs have been differentiated by shapes, materials, social functions and purposes. Who knows what the bathtubs of the future will be like.
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