{"id":34759,"date":"2019-04-19T10:27:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismo.comuneacqui.it\/i-brentau\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T12:31:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:31:58","slug":"i-brentau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismo.comuneacqui.it\/i-brentau\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"THE BRENTAU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-34759\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-34759-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-34759-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34759-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>A trade that was born outside of any other profession, this was because only in Acqui Terme could this trade be practised, of providing the gift of hot water that mother nature supplied to the city. &nbsp;It is the story of the hot water from the Bollente that carriers&nbsp; delivered to the local families, of \u201cartisans\u201d that distinguished themselves with creativity and initiative, a sacrifice during a time in which wellbeing was something that could only be achieved through hard work.&nbsp; It sounds like a legend, but since the beginning of the 50\u2019s, these \u00abhot water artisans\u00bb operated in Piazza della Bollente. They practised a profession that was typical and unique for the city of Acqui; they were the carriers of the boiling hot water from the Bollente spring.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<strong><em>Brentau\u201d<\/em><\/strong> with his \u201c<strong><em>Brenta<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, a container made from galvanized steel, held 50 litres of boiling hot water on his shoulders that he\u2019d deliver to the houses in the city. It was a source of income for those that practised this profession and a service in favour of those, who at their own homes, received the water that came from the \u00abtwo mouth\u00bb&nbsp;water source, before the existence of water boilers and centralised heating systems.<\/p>\n<p>His tool of the trade was the brenta, from which <strong><em>\u00abbrentau<\/em><\/strong>\u00bb derives, not made of wood like the ones used by the brentatori in the wine cellars, but made from&nbsp; galvanized steel.&nbsp; It had the shape of an upside down cone and held 50 litres of water. The customer would expect that the water contained was \u201cbroca\u201d, translated from dialect meaning \u201ca chiodo\u201d or \u201cat nails length\u201d.&nbsp; In fact, the head of a nail would be fixed to the top of the container so as to visibly indicate the exact quantity of water that was carried, that being 50 litres.&nbsp; The brente that were used, have now become no more than antiques. 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