Baile Herculane, Romania ¨C Graffiti covers the crumbling walls of the main thermal baths in one of Europe¡¯s oldest spa towns. But after decades of neglect, a group of young architects is working to restore the picturesque Romanian resort that once attracted emperors.
¡°Someone once said that if you drink water from the spring from Herculane, you never leave,¡± said 31-year-old architect Oana Chirila.
¡°I was struck by the beauty of the place,¡± she said of the town in the southwest of the country, surrounded by mountains and crossed by a river.
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