Ancien hôpital thermal des armées

English translation

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History

Built complex and non-built land, erected by the Ministry of War between 1847 and 1886 and comprising hospital buildings, thermal baths and various ancillary constructions. This former hospital benefits from a thermal water spring at the place called "le Gros Escaladou". The construction materials use rubble stone of limestone for the main structure, cayrou and sandstone for door and window frames. The ensemble comprises three buildings arranged in a U around a pleasure garden, continuing with a wooded park. These buildings were used for spa patients, soldiers, officers and administration. These are two-storey constructions over a ground floor and roof space. The entrance opens onto an axial corridor cut at its midpoint by a corridor laid out in the longitudinal axis of the buildings. This distribution is repeated, with the exception of the entrance, on the upper storeys which comprise twenty dormitories per level and six beds per dormitory. Behind this hospital complex is found the thermal complex entirely on ground floor, equipped with three swimming pools, nine shower rooms, nine bathtubs, four steam rooms and various treatment rooms. The swimming pool rooms and treatment rooms were visibly inspired by the great hall with barrel vault, located in the sector of the Roman thermal baths. These rooms take up the essential characteristics of Roman architecture: round arch barrel vault, wide windows, skylights and the use of marble.