Lost Place | Sanatorium du Basil | Part 1
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What to do on a Saturday in Belgium with nice weather and some people who don't want to stay at home? Sure, look around for some #LostPlaces or Urban Explorer activities.
All pics are from myself in not mentioned with other sources
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Sanatorium du Basil
Tuberculosis was a major problem in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Sanatorium du Basil was one of many facilities created at that time to contain the disease and cure the patients. The sanatorium was built on the initiative of the director, the bacteriological institute and was completed after only three years. Sandstone, wood and concrete - a rock solid sanatorium. Tuberculosis was a great burden for the population at that time. In Germany in 1880 every second death, of a 15-40 year old, was due to this disease. In this sanatorium there was fresh air, good food and a lot of warmth.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to medical progress, tuberculosis can be treated with drugs. So TB clinics are no longer needed, or at least not to the extent they were then.
In this sanatorium there were various subsequent uses, currently the entire building complex is empty.
A view from the past
There is a great post at scholzdigital.de with many lovely pictures from this place with better conditions.
picture by scholzdigital.de
A full view
With most of the windows and just a few years ago
picture by scholzdigital.de
Have a flight around
What a great video from elBendito
Do you like to have a bath
You may read at this smart Urbex post why to keep a secret.
There are true Urban Explorers, and then there are mindless vandals.
Sadly, at this place the vandals spend their time at this great place and you might imagine how beautiful this looked before the idiots stopped by.
Switches
What would be the Job of this knobs?
Careful visit
Whenever you visit such a building be careful where you step.
Over night at the hospital
Some Urban Explorations spend a night in the massive abandoned Sanatorium du Basil. Enjoy the cool video from this people
Made by Broken Window Theory
Other people climbing
There was a group with us at the building and they where climbing all around.
Even at the highest points
I would never ever be so stupid to try this.
Sad to see how much is destroyed
Stay tuned for part 2 with some more pics from this huge place
Have a great day everybody
and let us travel the world again
pic by @detlev
Enjoy the #BeerSaturday
have 3 pics and a story
around beer - and go!
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Very nice pictures, those sanatoriums are huge, they must have been unoccupied for years, with a good disinfection a hospital or something similar could be run there.
That's a big epic mate, great panorama!
Yeah, such a huge thing. Need some time to finish my video