The source presents itself with deep faults and fractures which represent the ascent route for the gases and for the water heated in depth.
Fumaroles and fumarolic fields with maximum temperatures close to 100° C
The thermal water of the La Rita spring rises from the volcanic heart of the island of Ischia and along the way, before coming to the surface, in contact with the rocks, it is enriched with high concentrations of mineral salts and trace elements that give it exceptional virtues. therapeutic treatments known since ancient times. At this time, the spring is not accessible due to the earthquake of August 21 2021 in Casamicciola Terme.
What its water looks like
The Terme Rita "F.Monti" are an integral part of this ancient island thermal tradition and are fed by the bicarbonate-sulphate-sodium waters of the "La Rita" spring with temperatures above 60° C.
It soothes sensitive skin, hydrates and since it is rich in minerals it is able to fight free radicals. It has a keratolytic and keratoplastic action on the skin, favoring the loss of the most superficial layers and stimulating the production of a new, healthy, elastic and soft horny layer.
How the spring looks like
Terme Rita are also famous for the medicinal mud.
A legend is linked to the thermal baths of La Rita according to which under the earth's surface there are other concentric surfaces that could in turn be inhabited or habitable, begins in the Middle Ages through the accounts of Conrad of Querfurt, bishop of Hildesheim and then of Würzburg, who served as Chancellor Arrigo VI from 1194 to 1201: in 1196, in a series of letters, the German bishop tells of how he managed to penetrate a ravine on a mountain, reaching a mysterious underground city before being put to flight by some soldiers armed with swords and arrows, but "made of air", according to legend, in fact, it would be one of the gateways to the mythical "hollow earth" of the kingdom of Agartha.
To date, the thermal baths are not accessible due to the earthquake of 21 of August 2017 which devastated the upper area of Casamicciola Terme.