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Abstract : Mountain and spas from Michelet to Montaigne. Montaigne (Journal of a journey in Italy) and Michelet (Mountain) convey a litterary mood to the oldest certififed touristic activity, trips to watering places. Under the pretext of taking the waters, the thermal tourism associates society clientèle with therapeutic ritual and imaginery involvement in profundity, origin and vital fluid. This original synthesis generates a specific architecture which strongly marks the feet ot the mountains. It also allows entertainment and games of chance to get on well with ascetic sanatary conceptions. This mixture of futility and discipline outlines the image of an immemorial tourism.