Visited with Prority 7, and Priority 1. We had travelled all the way to france to see Chateau des Singes, but lumped this one on as well to justify the 1,000 mile drive. It’s a graf’ed out shell, don’t get ideas of ornate instruments left behind!
But it makes for one lovely explore. If we didn’t have such a drive ahead of us I’d have suggested a few beers and a picnic on the roof, which is nestled just at tree canopy level.
Sanatorium F was built by Dr. V in the 1930s. The era lent itself to buildings showing off their structure, their raw materials. This was true of this place, it would have been minimalist, with hygene a priority. Hopefully looking through these photos you can appreciate the ‘airyness’ – Full height glazing to both sides, balconies to every floor etc.
It consists of three ‘pavillions’ set in a forest. It was from a time when fresh air was as important as any medicine. Then nine years after it opened, a little war broke out which you may have heard about? It was one of the first places that the Germans took over. They would use it as a transit camp, to allow movements to other camps all over France.
By then end of the war it had returned to hospital duties, housing upto 600 people, when it was only designed for 150 tops.
Tuberculosis was generally a disease associated with poverty, and has been on a steady decline since the thirties. These ‘pavillions soon became surplus to requirements, and were mothballed entirely in the early 90’s. They are in a pretty bad state for being abandoned 20 years. I know it sounds a lot, but that’s not much longer than places like Sevs. I guess a lot of it’s downfall is it’s lush forest location, it’s isolated and has no natural surveillance.
Anyway, on with the pics:
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Endless corridor porn!
Curved Corridors:
Oh and while we’re at it, stair porn!
This is what I was banging on about earlier. The stairs have been formed with in-situ cast concrete, but look how perfectly they have been formed:
More:
Stairwell from the outside:
Airing balcony
No asylum / sanatorium would be complete without a main hall:
Chilling on the roof:
Cheers for looking.
But it makes for one lovely explore. If we didn’t have such a drive ahead of us I’d have suggested a few beers and a picnic on the roof, which is nestled just at tree canopy level.
Sanatorium F was built by Dr. V in the 1930s. The era lent itself to buildings showing off their structure, their raw materials. This was true of this place, it would have been minimalist, with hygene a priority. Hopefully looking through these photos you can appreciate the ‘airyness’ – Full height glazing to both sides, balconies to every floor etc.
It consists of three ‘pavillions’ set in a forest. It was from a time when fresh air was as important as any medicine. Then nine years after it opened, a little war broke out which you may have heard about? It was one of the first places that the Germans took over. They would use it as a transit camp, to allow movements to other camps all over France.
By then end of the war it had returned to hospital duties, housing upto 600 people, when it was only designed for 150 tops.
Tuberculosis was generally a disease associated with poverty, and has been on a steady decline since the thirties. These ‘pavillions soon became surplus to requirements, and were mothballed entirely in the early 90’s. They are in a pretty bad state for being abandoned 20 years. I know it sounds a lot, but that’s not much longer than places like Sevs. I guess a lot of it’s downfall is it’s lush forest location, it’s isolated and has no natural surveillance.
Anyway, on with the pics:
XX
Endless corridor porn!
Curved Corridors:
Oh and while we’re at it, stair porn!
This is what I was banging on about earlier. The stairs have been formed with in-situ cast concrete, but look how perfectly they have been formed:
More:
Stairwell from the outside:
Airing balcony
No asylum / sanatorium would be complete without a main hall:
Chilling on the roof:
Cheers for looking.
