Abandoned Sanatoriums in France: Forgotten Heritage of Urbex

January 03, 2023
Posted by florian chazal

Sanatorium Simone Weber

On the municipality of Lay-Saint-Christophe in Lorraine, the sanatorium Simone Weber, to original Sanatorium Spillmann, is one of more former sanatoriums, built to the end of the 19th century and one of more great Europe 1 Frhasnce. At this time , the tuberculosis would be responsible of a death on seven, and the disease would be first declared in environment industrialized urban and would spread in the neighborhoods the more poor of the city.

The building has been transformed in hospital in the years 1970 before to be closed and abandoned in 2006. Then the squatters have taken the relay and a homeless y would be remained a moment, itself making to spend for the ghost of tourists in quest of paranormal experiences. , then that he would have could to claim these offerings to of hunters of ghosts.

Sanatorium Eugène Aram

It is a haunted place by excellence ! The old sanatorium Eugène Aram in Aquitaine is not more in activity, but it is not not still abandoned, because the equipment medical and the armchairs of care are always there. In this place where architecture modern meeting the old castle bourgeois, the chilling atmosphere created by the presence of numerous patients in the passed is always presenceinyou.

In made, it was to original a estate private who has been sold to the State in 1936 and transformed in center of treatment of the tuberculosis. In the years 1960, it is become a sanatorium, then a center medical, before to be completely closed. The storm of 1999 has made a lot of damage, damaging severely the park of the estate, who has not not been maintained since its abandonment. This house of rest you will give certainly the flesh of hen.

Sanatorium Michel Peiry

The Sanatorium Michel Peiry is located in Languedoc-Roussillon. It is actually a pavilion of the sky, an open-air rest place, designed for children and teenagers. It is lost in the mountains and looks like a haunted house. Abandoned since its closure in 1995, a large part of the furniture still remains inside, with broken doors and shattered windows, the atmosphere is truly disturbing. The empty classrooms of the complex gave off a particularly gloomy atmosphere. It’s a horror movie.

Still in the area, at Grau du Roi, another medical retirement home has been abandoned and is currently subject to a demolition policy to transform it into a natural space. The problem is that only one building remains in the complex: the former administrative building.

Dreux Sanatorium

Opened to patients in the early 1930s, the Dreux Sanatorium is a vast complex covering several hectares. At the time, it included a prophylaxis room with a lazaret and a children's pavilion, as well as the famous sanatorium itself. It is divided into 3 separate buildings. The sanatorium eventually closed in the 1960s, and the prevention house became a medical school, then a hospice for terminally ill patients... enough to send chills down your spine!

It was also long believed to be the site of numerous paranormal phenomena: slamming doors, patients bleeding without reason... While the building's exterior still stands, the outside has been covered in graffiti. Inside, it is even more dilapidated. It was bought by the Dreux town hall for a symbolic 1 € in 1999, but it remains abandoned.

Sanatorium Nestor Pirotte

In the middle of a forest on the Oise in northern France, the Nestor Pirotte sanatorium, originally known as the Angicourt sanatorium, still stands proudly with its colorful facade and rather elegant architecture. However, a large part of the interior has been stripped. It has two large buildings with a total area of more than 15,000 square meters.

Besides dedicated treatment rooms and a morgue, it also offers relaxation rooms. In fact, you can see what a game room, a theater, etc., looks like. The tree-lined park, the beautiful architecture, the spacious and comfortable rooms made this sanatorium a "precious" place for the high society of the region in the 1900s. Sanatoriums were initially reserved for men, then for women.

It was then temporarily closed in 1945 and reopened some time later as a geriatric hospital. Finally, in 1999, the former retirement home closed permanently.