Legend has it That Saturn - the divinity of abundance - one day was angry with men for Their continuous wars. He hurled to earth a lightning and gave gushing sulphurous water and warm That blanketed the world and pacified. From that water warm as a womb were born wiser and happier men. Theatre of the legend was the heart of the Tuscan Maremma, Saturnia, where the gushing water with a flow rate of 500 liters per second at a constant temperature of 37°.

Also according to Functional legend, the origin of Which is lost in the mists of time, Saturnia was the most ancient Italian town.