2024

MINERAL SPRINGS OF AVARGA TOSON

Natural site to discover

Their curative virtues are praised by the Mongols, who claim that these waters can cure some 13 diseases. Chinggis Khaan himself is said to have been cured of a stomach disease here.

This same plain hosts the ruins of the city of Avarga. Chinggis Khaan gathered his armies here before leaving to conquer Central Asia. It is also there that Ogödeï, his son and successor, was proclaimed great khan of Mongolia. This city, always excavated, counted 9 temples in its enclosure.

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