{"id":4949,"date":"2022-07-29T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/es\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:53:35","slug":"history-of-the-swimmingpools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/articles\/swimming-pools\/history-of-the-swimmingpools\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the swimmingpools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does this word come from? What is the history of <strong>swimming pools<\/strong>? We are sure that at some point in your life you have asked yourself these questions, let&#8217;s find out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Meaning of swimming pool<\/h2>\n<p>The term swimming pool comes from the Latin &#8220;Pisces&#8221;, yes like the zodiac sign, which means fish, hence also the origin of other words such as fish or fishing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Origin of swimming pools<\/h2>\n<p>Originally this word was used to name <em>pools for <strong>water<\/strong> fish<\/em>, both <em>freshwater<\/em> and <em>saltwater<\/em>. In addition, it was also used to name <em>water reservoirs<\/em> connected to aqueducts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a curiosity, it is worth mentioning that in those days, as purification plants had not yet been invented, what was done at that time was to use fish to <strong>clean the water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, it was not until years later that the first <em>reservoirs<\/em> began to be built in which water had to be filled. These places began to be called pools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Romans started to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grepool.com\/en\/above-ground-pools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pools<\/a>, a place where you could <strong>swim<\/strong> and at the same time keep fish. It was at this time that the so-called thermal baths, which are nowadays used for meetings, became known.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Swimming pools today<\/h2>\n<p>Today, we consider a swimming pool as a <em>place for bathing and sport<\/em>, such as <strong>swimming<\/strong>. In addition, there are different types: <strong>above-ground, in-ground or semi-in-ground<\/strong>, <em>natural or artificial pools<\/em>, as well as different materials used for their manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over time, different elements have been added to the pool to <em>improve the swimming experience<\/em> and help the owner to <em>keep the pool in good condition<\/em>.\u00a0 These elements can be: <strong>ladders<\/strong>, to help you get into the water; a <strong>filtering machine<\/strong>, to filter the water; a <strong>skimmer<\/strong>, to help with the cleaning task; and of course, a <strong>vacuum<\/strong>, which, as its name suggests, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/articles\/equipment\/the-proper-cleaning-of-a-swimming-pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleans<\/a> the bottom of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The swimming pool market is a market that is always innovating and improving, with the idea of always offering the best to the customer.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does this word come from? What is the history of swimming pools? We are sure that at some point in your life you have asked yourself these questions, let&#8217;s find out! &nbsp; Meaning of swimming pool The term swimming pool comes from the Latin &#8220;Pisces&#8221;, yes like the zodiac sign, which means fish, hence &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[355,22],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4953,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4949\/revisions\/4953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}