Fiuggi

Michelangelo, a kidney stone sufferer, praised in a letter dated 1549 Fiuggi as “ the water that breaks the stone”. It’s one of the oldest and most renowned testimonies of the benefits derived from drinking Fiuggi water.

The story recounts how kings, noblemen, and ambassadors were benefited by drinking the miraculous water because it eased their pain. Pope Bonifacio VIII, who was born in Ciociaria and knew the Fiuggi source well, also used this healthy water. Over 187 payment orders for transport of the water from Fiuggi to Rome are well documented in the Pope’s accounting registries.

The expression "the water that breaks the stone", used by Michelangelo on purely observational basis, today finds a sound scientific explanation. This is why the water from Fiuggi is not an oligo-mineral water like many others, but presents unique characteristics that go beyond its considerable diuretic properties.